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The maximum estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping tax rate, which was 55% in 2001 (with an additional 5% for estates over $10,000,000 in order to eliminate the benefit of the lower estate tax brackets) was reduced to 50% in 2002, with an additional 1% reduction each year until 2007, when the top estate tax rate became 45%.
A number of corporate tax breaks were extended, including the "active financing" tax exemption for major corporations (cost $9 billion), [6] the New Markets Tax Credit Program (cost $1.365 billion annually), [7] a rum tax supporting Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands rum industry ($547 million in 2009), a tax benefit for NASCAR racetrack owners ...
The federal estate tax exemption — also referred to as the estate tax exclusion — is $11.7 million per person as of 2021. A married couple can effectively leave behind $23.4 million combined.
For deaths occurring between 2018 and 2025, estates that exceed $11.2 million are subject to a 40% estate tax at time of death, increased from $5.6 million previously. For a married couple aggregating their exemptions, an estate exceeding $22.4 million is subject to a 40% estate tax at time of death. [38]
The IRS will send an estimated $2.4 billion to taxpayers who didn’t claim the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns. About 1 million taxpayers were eligible for the credit but failed ...
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The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 ("JGTRRA", Pub. L. 108–27 (text), 117 Stat. 752), was passed by the United States Congress on May 23, 2003, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 28, 2003. Nearly all of the cuts (individual rates, capital gains, dividends, estate tax) were set to expire after 2010. [1]
Barring an extension or new legislation, the lifetime estate and gift tax exemption is due to revert to the pre-2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act level of $5.49 million at midnight on Dec. 31, 2025.