Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About The Estate Tax

Date Published: 
Fri, 12/10/2010

Darien B. Jacobson, Brian G. Raub, and Barry W. Johnson. Internal Revenue Service. 2009.

"The Estate Tax: Ninety Years and Counting",  explores the history of the estate tax in America, and even refers to historical precedents reaching back to ancient Egypt. The authors include precedents from American history too, along with an overview of all the significant changes made in the law (up to the Bush tax cuts of 2001), and a primer on the policy details of the tax.