Tax: Estate Evidence

Estate Tax Doesn't Hurt Savings

05/18/2011

William G. Gale and Maria G. Perozek wrote "Do Estate Taxes Reduce Savings?" to explore the conservative claim that the estate tax disincentivzes saving. But the authors find that "our analysis indicates that the widely-held presumption that estate taxes reduce saving is not a general result."

Myth Busting Conservative Claims About The Estate Tax

05/18/2011

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' "The Estate Tax: Myths and Realities" provides a list of the top ten myths about the estate tax, and provides factual responses to counter them. The most pernicious myth is probably the third, "Many small…businesses must be liquidated to pay estate taxes".

Estate Tax Basics

06/14/2010

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. June 14, 2010.

"Policy Basics: The Estate Tax" is a fact sheet gives readers a solid breakdown of the tax, what it means and how it may change in the future. Even a simple document like this counters some of the more outrageous myths conservatives propagate about the policy.

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Estate Tax Doesn't Hurt Savings

Myth Busting Conservative Claims About The Estate Tax

Estate Tax Basics

Tax: Estate