Author: American Law InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gifts
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Effects of the Federal Estate Tax on Farms and Small Businesses
Author: United States. Congressional Budget OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Basis of Assets
Author: The Federal Estate Tax
Author: David JoulfaianPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026255111X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
A comprehensive and accessible account of the U.S. estate tax, examining its history and evolution, structure and inner workings, and economic consequences. Governments have been levying some form of inheritance tax since the ancient Egyptians did so in the seventh century BC. In the United States, the federal government experimented with various forms of inheritance taxes, settling on an estate tax in 1916 and a gift tax in 1932. Despite this long history, there are few empirical studies of the federal estate tax. This book offers the first comprehensive look at U.S. estate and inheritance taxes, examining their history and evolution, structure and inner workings, and economic consequences. Written by David Joulfaian, a veteran economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the book provides accessible accounts of such topics as changes in tax laws, issues of equity, the fiscal contribution of the estate tax, and its behavioral effects. Joulfaian traces the evolution of U.S. inheritance taxes from 1797 to the present, noting that the estate tax rate and base expanded through 1976, then began to decline. He describes the tax itself, explaining that it currently applies to estates and gifts in excess of $11.18 million, and outlines applicable deductions and credits. He sketches a profile of taxpayers and their beneficiaries; surveys the revenues from estate and gift taxes; and discusses the effect of estate taxation on labor decisions, saving and wealth accumulation, charitable giving, life insurance ownership, and other economic activities. Finally, he addresses criticisms of the estate tax and analyzes its shortcomings. Accompanying tables present a wealth of data gathered by Joulfaian in his research and not available elsewhere.
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Project
Author: American Law InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gifts
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens
Author: Uniform Issue List
Author: The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform
Author: Martin FeldsteinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226241890
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectancy and sheer number of retirees, however, the current system faces an eventual overload. Alternative proposals have emerged, ranging from reductions in future benefits to a rise in taxrevenue to various forms of investment-based personal retirement accounts. As this volume suggests, the distributional consequences of these proposals are substantially different and may disproportionately affect those groups who depend on social security to avoid poverty in old age. Together, these studies persuasively show that appropriately designed investment-based social security reforms can effectively reduce the long-term burden of an aging society on future taxpayers, increase the expected future income of retirees, and mitigate poverty rates among the elderly.
Farmer's Tax Guide
Author: Statement of Procedural Rules
Author: United States. Internal Revenue ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tax administration and procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Project
Author: American Law InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gifts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description