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HR 4996 114th Congress House

Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to return the estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax to 2009 levels.

Introduced: April 20, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Transfer and inheritance taxes
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Apr 20, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 20, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 20, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the estate and gift taxes. For the estate tax, the bill increases the rates and decreases the amount that is excluded from the tax. For the gift tax, the bill establishes a separate lifetime exclusion amount. (Under current law, the estate and gift taxes share a unified exclusion amount.)

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 20, 2016
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 20, 2016
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 20, 2016
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Apr 20, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4996: Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4996/
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"H.R. 4996: Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4996/.
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H.R. 4996, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4996/.
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