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US S176

US S176
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act


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Introduced
01/17/2019
In Committee
01/17/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers. This bill reduces the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.) The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers from the current highest rate of 40% to 20%. It also exempts the budgetary effects of this tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (5)

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 01/17/2019)

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