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S 659 101th Congress Senate Taxation Estate tax Trusts and trustees Valuation

A bill to repeal the estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes.

Introduced: March 17, 1989 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 1989
Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
Mar 17, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals estate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to inclusion in the gross estate of the value of certain types of transfers with a retained life estate.

Applies the repeal retroactively in connection with property transferred after December 17, 1987.

What's happening now May 17, 1989

Committee on Finance. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 60 Identical bill To repeal the estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes.
  • S 838 Identical bill A bill to repeal the estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Sep 20, 1989
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