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• The Federal Estate Tax Pay attention to the House of Representatives this week! It appears our government is getting ready to decide how to change the current federal estate tax laws over the next couple of weeks. Will the House of Representatives recommend the 2009 $3.5 million federal estate tax exemption allowance become the permanent allowance starting in [...]...
• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• Estate Tax Update-H.R. 4154 Last week, Senator Pomeroy introduced  H.R. 4154.       The bill is scheduled for discussion and a vote later  this week.     The language in H.R. 4154 is very short and to the point.    This Act may be cited as the “Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009″. The bill includes this language:   ” A bill to amend [...]...

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• Estate Tax Update-H.R. 4154 Last week, Senator Pomeroy introduced  H.R. 4154.       The bill is scheduled for discussion and a vote later  this week.     The language in H.R. 4154 is very short and to the point.    This Act may be cited as the “Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009″. The bill includes this language:   ” A bill to amend [...]...
• Bio Cremation bill passed in California Recently we wrote about a new, green form of cremation – bio cremation from resomation.   On Thursday, May 6th the California State Assembly unanimously approved a bill which makes this process legal in California.  In 2008, more than 45% of the deceased in California were cremated.  With that large a percentage choosing cremation, it’s good to [...]...
• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to the environment. Cremation [...]...

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• House of Representatives Passes H.R. 4154 On December 3rd the House passed H.R. 4154, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farms, and Small business Act of 2009 by a vote of 225 to 200. The bill willl permently extend the tax exempton and the maximum tax at the current rate.  As of 2009, the estate tax deduction is set at $3.5 [...]...
• Bio Cremation bill passed in California Recently we wrote about a new, green form of cremation – bio cremation from resomation.   On Thursday, May 6th the California State Assembly unanimously approved a bill which makes this process legal in California.  In 2008, more than 45% of the deceased in California were cremated.  With that large a percentage choosing cremation, it’s good to [...]...
• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to the environment. Cremation [...]...

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• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• Dying in the year 2010: Why Is It Different? On January 1, 2010, the rules about taxing inherited asets changed. To understand why dying in the year 2010 is different from dying in any other year, you must understand how inherited assets are taxed. Unless someone dies in 2010, all of their heirs will inherit property with a “stepped-up basis.”    Stepped-up basis is an Internal Revenue Service [...]...
• Estate Tax Update-H.R. 4154 Last week, Senator Pomeroy introduced  H.R. 4154.       The bill is scheduled for discussion and a vote later  this week.     The language in H.R. 4154 is very short and to the point.    This Act may be cited as the “Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009″. The bill includes this language:   ” A bill to amend [...]...

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