Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Inheritance tax

Bill Introduced: S.2856 Optional One Page Flat Tax Act

2008-04-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4235 Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3,000,000 exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4242 Certain and Immediate Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retain the estate tax with an immediate increase in the exemption, to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4172 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000.

2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4042 Family Farm, Small Business, and Home Tax Relief Act

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the estate tax for periods before its termination in 2010 by increasing the unified credit, lowering the maximum estate tax rate, restoring the exclusion for family-owned business interests, excluding the value of the decedent's principal residence, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3056 Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use private debt collection companies, to delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, to revise the tax rules on expatriation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2380 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007

2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.

Bill Introduced: S.1081 Flat Tax Act of 2007

2007-04-10T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1586 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007

2007-03-20T00:00:00Z

To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1040 Freedom Flat Tax Act

2007-02-14T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.411 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain temporary provisions applicable to individuals, including the sales tax deduction, the child credit, the repeal of the estate tax, and the deduction for higher education expenses.

2007-01-11T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain temporary provisions applicable to individuals, including the sales tax deduction, the child credit, the repeal of the estate tax, and the deduction for higher education expenses.

Bill Introduced: H.R.242 Social Security KidSave Accounts Act

2007-01-05T00:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act to provide each American child with a KidSave Account, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5970 Minimum Wage bill

2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5638 Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006

2006-06-19T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1921 Savings for Working Families Act of 2005

2005-10-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and replacing such taxes with a national sales tax and a business tax.

Bill Introduced: S.988 Estate Tax bill

2005-05-10T00:00:00Z

A bill to permanently repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

Bill Introduced: S.812 Flat Tax Act of 2005

2005-04-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1560 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax to $7,500,000 and to establish a flat estate tax rate.

2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax to $7,500,000 and to establish a flat estate tax rate.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1568 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.

2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1574 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000.

2005-04-12T00:00:00Z