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    Video: Estate Tax a Killer for Family-owned Businesses – Part 2

    December 2, 2009 at 11:33 am

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    The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the death tax) at its current rate and exemption level. This extension would prevent the death tax from expiring as scheduled on January 1, 2010. As such it … More

    Video: Estate Tax Increase a Killer for Family-owned Businesses

    December 1, 2009 at 11:15 am

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    The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the death tax) at its current rate and exemption level. This extension would prevent the death tax from expiring as scheduled on January 1, 2010. As such it … More

    House Votes to Raise Estate Tax this Week

    November 30, 2009 at 3:26 pm

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    The U.S. House of Representative could vote as early as Wednesday of this week to increase the estate tax (known popularly as the death tax). The bill it will consider, sponsored by Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota), would extend permanently the death tax at its current 45 percent rate and … More

    Congress Considers Steep Death Tax Increase

    November 20, 2009 at 1:55 pm

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    Leaders in the House of Representatives recently discussed the possibility of extending the death tax at its current rate and exemption levels for one year through 2010. If this proposal becomes law it would be a massive tax hike. Under current law, the death tax has a top rate of … More

    Repealing the Death Tax Would Create 1.5 Million Jobs

    November 9, 2009 at 5:11 pm

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    Congress will take up debate on the dreaded Death Tax once again in the coming weeks. It will do so because the Death Tax expires for one year starting January 1, 2010. But like the villain in a horror movie, it will rise from the dead with its full power … More

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    Congress Is Trying to Fool You on Immigration

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