Estate Tax Limbo

Friday, May 28, 2010 by Dave Lekse
 You may have read that inaction by Congress is creating a lot of uncertainty about the future of the estate tax.  Unlike the income tax, which is based on a year’s worth of activity, the federal estate tax is based on a snapshot – the value of a person’s estate at the date of his or her death.   Unless Congress acts, we are headed from having no federal estate tax in 2010 back to taxing estates larger than $1 million, just like in 2002.  And, instead of the 2002 top rate of 50% on this...Read More »