Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (2 more) 4/18/2007--Introduced.
Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate of a decedent the value of farmland used by an heir of the decedent for farming purposes. Imposes a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmla... more
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Bill Status
| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| April 18, 2007 |
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Blog Coverage
March 08, 2008 Let The Games Begin!
HR 1929 and S 1994 introduced by the Salazar brothers of Colorado would exclude farms from estate taxes as long as the farms remain farms. This is my home state and personally I think these two need to recognize that only about 1% of ...
Source: Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance
October 23, 2007 mcnerney and the estate tax
john salazar's hr 1929, which exempted farms from the estate tax as long as they were in production. the bill didn't go anywhere, but i thought i'd find mcnerney as a cosponsor. i didn't. stone says mcnerney is working on an estate tax ...
Source: Hank Shaw's blog
October 01, 2007 An Unlimited Estate Tax Exemption For Farmland Unnecessary, Open ...
John Salazar (H.R. 1929). (Both bills have a number of cosponsors.) Figure 1: A $7 Million Per-Couple Exemption Protects Virtually All Farms From Tax. However well intentioned, this approach to the issue of farms and the estate tax is ...











