Monday, January 25, 2021
Over the past twenty years, there has been a dramatic change in the Estate tax laws. Given the Democratic control established in Washington, D.C. this month, additional Estate Tax reform is now a distinct possibility. Currently, each person can give away during lifetime, or distribute at death, an amount of $11.7 million without being subject to federal Estate Tax. That high exemption amount may change under the Biden Administration. Now is the time to speak with your advisor about reducing or eliminating your exposure to Estate Tax.[1]
Current Estate Tax Laws
In 2001, the federal Estate Tax exemption amount [2] – the amount a person can gift during lifetime or transfer at the time of death – without being subject to Estate Tax was $675,000. The top Estate Tax rate was 55%. In 2010, the Estate Tax exemption was drastically increased to $5 million per person, subject to inflation increases, and the Estate Tax rate was dropped to 35%. The tax r
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America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times government experts’ projections.
Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than five times the gains during the entire previous administration.
The unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent, the lowest in a half-century.
Achieved 40 months in a row with more job openings than job-hirings.
More Americans reported being employed than ever before – nearly 160 million.
Jobless claims hit a nearly 50-year low.
The number of people claiming unemployment insurance as a share of the population hit its lowest on record.
Incomes rose in every single metro area in the United States for the first time in nearly 3 decades.