H.R.1560: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax to $7,500,000 and to establish a flat estate tax rate.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 109th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about taxation
  • Introduced April 12, 2005
  • Latest Major Action April 12, 2005

Bill Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the estate tax exclusion to $7.5 million; and (2) establish a single estate tax rate of 27.5 percent. Repeals certain provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) relating to estate, gift, and generation-skpping transfer taxes.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
April 12, 2005

Introduced in the House by Harold E. Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.)

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