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		<title>But We Need More Auditors</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/29/but-we-need-more-auditors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Court Cases]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Kristan tells of the case of  Estate of Louise Paxton Gallagher, T.C. Memo. 2011-148 where the  Tax Court made a valuation ruling more favorable to the taxpayer than what it had originally claimed on its tax return: The executor files an estate tax return valuing a 15% interest in an LLC at $34,936,000. The IRS audits the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Tax is Good for Demogoguery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Kristan chimes in on the issue of whether the estate tax makes any sense: David Logan puts it starkly: Simply put, the federal estate tax does nobody any good. Why? Estate taxes are generally levied for two reasons: To break up concentrations of dynastic wealth and to raise significant tax revenues. The seminal 1987 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Megan McArdle Proposes 100% Estate Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/07/megan-mcardle-proposes-100-estate-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually agree with Megan McArdle, but this time she&#8217;s drifted so far to the left she&#8217;s treading water off the coast of Malibu: I don&#8217;t see by what right people should be allowed to order living people how to dispose of their stuff after they&#8217;re beyond caring.  I think people should be allowed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Insurance Companies Bribe Politicians to Stop Repeal of Estate Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/12/03/life-insurance-companies-bribe-politicians-to-stop-repeal-of-estate-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what&#8217;s wrong with our political system. Jonathan Strong of the Daily Caller reports that the driving force in opposition to the repeal of the estate tax is the life insurance industry: A new report from a trade association representing family-owned businesses fighting against the estate tax says a giant life insurance lobby is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich People Give Less to Private Charity When Taxes Increase</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/11/13/rich-people-give-less-to-private-charity-when-taxes-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Higher taxes on the rich result in an increase in the size of government at the expense of private charity. Docuticker reports that Bank of America has published its High Net Worth Philanthropic Study which finds that charitable giving by high net worth households to nonprofit organizations accounts for about two-thirds of all individual giving and about half of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steinbrenner Dies and Saves Family a Half Billion Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/07/13/steinbrenner-dies-and-saves-family-a-half-billion-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports that former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner picked a good time to die: Born on the Fourth of July, George Steinbrenner left the world stage with a great sense of timing too. By dying in 2010, the billionaire and long-time New York Yankees owner&#8217;s wealth avoids the federal estate tax, likely saving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Tax Planning: The Suicide Incentive?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/07/11/estate-tax-planning-the-suicide-incentive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/07/11/estate-tax-planning-the-suicide-incentive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would have ever predicted that Dr. Kevorkian (pictured) would become an estate tax planner? Everyone knows that no estate tax will be levied on the estates of people who die in 2010, but unless Congress acts this year, the estate tax will return with a vengeance on January 1, 2011. This has created an ugly planning scenario for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Votes for Permanent Extension of 45% Estate Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/12/03/house-votes-for-permanent-extension-of-45-estate-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Washington Post: The House voted Thursday to permanently extend a 45%  inheritance tax on estates larger than $3.5 million, canceling a one-year repeal of the tax set to begin next month. A similar effort is afoot in the Senate, but the health care debate there could preclude action on the estate tax before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Tax Planning: To Pull the Plug or Not to Pull the Plug, That is the Question</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/12/29/estate-tax-planning-to-pull-the-plug-or-not-to-pull-the-plug-that-is-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/12/29/estate-tax-planning-to-pull-the-plug-or-not-to-pull-the-plug-that-is-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howard Gleckman of TaxVox wrote a blog post last week titled Throw Momma from the Train and said this: There may be no provision in tax law more bizarre than the estate tax. In just a year and a few days, on Jan. 1, 2010, the levy will expire and estates of any size will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Estate Tax Necessary to a Fair Tax System or Merely Grave-Robbing?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/12/04/is-the-estate-tax-necessary-to-a-fair-tax-system-or-merely-grave-robbing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/12/04/is-the-estate-tax-necessary-to-a-fair-tax-system-or-merely-grave-robbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Abrams of The Washington Post reports that the tax policy advocacy group, Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), oppose President-elect Obama&#8217;s plan to cut (but not eliminate) the estate tax: President-elect Barack Obama has proposed a change that would prevent the estate tax from disappearing in 2010, but which would also unnecessarily cut the estate tax [...]]]></description>
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