Confused About the Current Federal Estate Tax Law?

Many of our clients are confused about the current estate tax law. This year (2010) there is no estate tax. Next year (2011) the estate tax exclusion reverts back to $1 million and a maximum tax of 55%. This is an outcome few predicted, most believing – how could they in retrospect – that a prudent Congress would “fix” the law by extending the 2009 exclusion of $3.5 million into the future. Prudent tax policy was pushed over the side of the Health Care mountain. Click HERE to read a new article in the current issue of Forbes that addresses a few issues for you to consider.