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HR 5421 109th Congress House

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000,…

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate.

Introduced: May 18, 2006 See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 18, 2006
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5421: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5421/
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"H.R. 5421: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5421/.
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H.R. 5421, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5421/.
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[H.R. 5421: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5421/)
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