axes. This means that around one out of every one thousand of the wealthiest people in the country paid more than half of all estate taxes. A recent study done by the Treasury Department stated that people with middle incomes paid almost no estate tax. This simply means that the people that pay an estate tax still have large incomes at their time of death. The statistics state that most people with estates eligible to pay the estate tax have incomes of more than $190,000 at their deaths.
There are several other exemptions that may be made against the federal estate tax. One is the small business and family farm exception. The ownership of a family business or farm grants the estate special treatment under the cur
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