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H.R. 3523 · 109th Congress

Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005

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Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude property used by a decedent's heir as farmland from the gross income of the decedent's estate. Imposes an additional estate tax if the decedent's heir disposes of such farmland or ceases to use it for farming purposes.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 28, 2005

Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude property used by a decedent's heir as farmland from the gross income of the decedent's estate. Imposes an additional estate tax if the decedent's heir disposes of such farmland or ceases to use it for farming purposes. Repeals the $500,000 limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005

Latest action (Jul 28, 2005): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 28, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.