Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012

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14 cosponsors · 14 D

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Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Extends through 2013 provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 pertaining to estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 30, 2012

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a basic estate tax exclusion amount of $3.5 million, and (2) establish a maximum 45% estate tax rate.

Exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012

Latest action (Jul 30, 2012): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 30, 2012

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

No recorded floor vote found.