WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Gift tax

S. 3049, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the capital gains and dividends rate permanent and to provide estate tax relief and reform, and for other purposes

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3049 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the capital gains and dividends rate permanent and to provide estate tax relief and reform....

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S. 2856, The Optional One Page Flat Tax Act

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2856 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system....

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H.R. 5105, The Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5105 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjus...

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S. 2547, The Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2547 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjuste...

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P.L. 110-172, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4839 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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H.R. 4195, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4195 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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S. 2374, The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2374 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections....

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H.R. 4242, The Certain and Immediate Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4242 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retain the estate tax with an immediate increase in the exemption, and it would repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal....

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H.R. 4172, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4172 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000....

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S. 2345, The American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1761.71

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund....

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H.R. 4159, The Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4159 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities....

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H.R. 3997, The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3728.40

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3997 would, among other provisions, create a Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), under which the Secretary of the Treasury would be authorized to purchase, insure, hold, andsell a wide variety of financial instruments, particularly those that are based on or related to residential or commercial mortgages issued prior to March 14,2008....

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P.L. 110-166, The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $549.27

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3996 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions....

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H.R. 3475, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3475 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, and it would repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax....

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H.R. 3190, The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3190 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that their income, estate, or gift tax payments be spent other than for purposes of supporting the war in Iraq and to provide that amounts so designated shall be used to provide funding for Head Start, it would reduce the national debt, and it would provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans....

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H.R. 3170, The Capital Gains and Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3170 would make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains....

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H.R. 3125, The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3125 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that their income, estate, or gift tax payments be spent other than for purposes of supporting the war in Iraq and it would provide that amounts so designated shall be used to provide funding for Head Start, to reduce the national debt, and to provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans....

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H.R. 3056, The Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $10.71

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3056 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use private debt collection companies, to delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, to revise the tax rules on expatriation....

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H.R. 2893, The Homeownership Affordability Act of 2007

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2893 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that qualified homeowner downpayment assistance is a charitable purpose....

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H.R. 2380, The Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2007

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2380 would make the repeal of the estate tax permanent....

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H.R. 1921, The Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1921 would affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, it would provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, it would create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, and it would improve revenue collection....

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S. 1081, The Flat Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1081 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income....

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S. 1025, The Fair Tax Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1025 would promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States....

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S. 1040, The Tax Simplification Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1040 would repeal the current Internal Revenue Code and replace it with a flat tax, thereby guaranteeing economic growth and greater fairness for all Americans....

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H.R. 1586, The Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1586 would repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes....

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