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Harry Gross: Fudged numbers teach son a tough tax lesson (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Dear Harry: When my father died about 15 years ago, he left me a piece of land in Montgomery County. His lawyer said that he would report the land on the Inheritance Tax return with a value of $20,000. It was probably worth about $150,000 at that time. He

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AXA Wealth Management introduces new inheritance tax planning solution (Banking Business Review)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:53:00 GMT

AXA Wealth Management has introduced the new Estate Planning Account which will provide customers with a straightforward inheritance tax planning solution.

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Tory tax plans for 'fair' society (Financial Time)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:36:00 GMT

George Osborne claims the Conservative policy of cutting inheritance tax and acknowledgment of minimum wage are consistent with its claim to be the party of fairness

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How to avoid inheritance tax trap (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:22:30 GMT

EACH week The Scotsman gives you a top ten guide to pertinent financial issues.

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Inheritance tax planning must include non-property assets (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:22:30 GMT

THOUSANDS of Scots could benefit from recent changes to inheritance tax (IHT) laws and stagnating house prices. But experts have warned against falling into the trap o

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"Legal Eagles" at Fein, Such, Kahn and Shepard, PC (You and Yours Blawg)

noreply@blogger.com (Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss, Esq.) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Category: Elder Law , Estate Planning , Estate and Inheritance Tax , Business Law and Planning , Tax Law and Planning , Probate and Estate Administration , Financial Planning , Miscellaneous Musings Fein , Such, Kahn & Shepard PC Shareholders Jim Shepard, Eric Kapnick , and Deirdre Wheatley - Liss were featured in local newspaper Parsippany This Week "Legal Eagles". I bet you don't know the...

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies gives yet more to the rich by planning to abolish inheritance tax (Tax Research UK)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:21:19 GMT

I mentioned yesterday that the IFS did not appear to think that wealth was a basis for charging tax. Now I know why. This is what the they say in their report on Taxation of Wealth and Wealth Transfers: Given that the justification for double taxation is arguable and that inheritance tax currently raises less than [...] ShareThis

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French system fails to recognise civil partnerships (This French Life)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:25:05 GMT

SAME-SEX couples who are registered in a civil partnership from outside France, and who are then considered resident in the country, face paying thousands of pounds in inheritance tax. Although...

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Expats may find their partner inherits a higher tax bill than they had bargained for (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:27:09 GMT

SCOTS living abroad have been advised to tread carefully when making inheritance tax calculations.

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�Unfair taxation must end' (Daily Express)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

NEW inheritance tax rules do not help those whose spouses died young, HOLLY THOMAS writes ...

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Guardian Rip Off! (Tim Worstall)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:42:30 GMT

Polly’s new book. £11.99 from The Guardian. £8.57 from Amazon.co.uk. So, what’s it like to be ripped off by a tax dodging, loss making charity that was deliberately set up to avoid inheritance tax then anyway? `OK, OK, super saver delivery on orders over £15….

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How the Taxpayers' Alliance is making headlines (The Independent)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

'Inheritance tax is theft", screams the framed tabloid front page hung in pride of place in the Taxpayers' Alliance's smart Westminster offices. It's not unusual for pressure groups to celebrate their press coverage and campaign victories but the Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA) isn't exactly your usual political pressure group.

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My Bias On Byers (Three Score Years And Ten)

noreply@blogger.com (Harry Barnes) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:16:00 GMT

An Andy Davy cartoon of 21 August 2006 when Stephen Byers came up with the idea of solving our problems by cutting inheritance tax. Gordon was still Chancellor. Before it was absorbed and included in this article , The Observer gave today's front page coverage over exclusively to comments from that political has-been (and never-was) Stephen Byers in order to continue to stir the pot against...

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Tropical Tax Paradises (A Second Hand Conjecture)

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:04:48 GMT

No sales tax, no income tax, no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax….If I could only figure out a way to have income in Grand Cayman, I’d move without a minute’s notice. As it stands, it’s easy to avoid taxes even here if you don’t have a job. addthis_url = [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Pensioners snarled up in IHT red tape (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:23:02 GMT

THOUSANDS of pensioners are missing out on the opportunity to reduce their inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities due to red-tape demands, writes Jeff Salway.

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Inheritance tax needs careful planning as assets grow ahead of allowances (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:22:58 GMT

THE spectre of inheritance tax (IHT) has become a political hot potato.

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Tax Foundation Corrects Obama Tax Myths (TaxProf Blog)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:14:00 GMT

The Tax Foundation refutes all eight points of an anti-Obama tax screed that is circulating via the Internet and email: 28% capital gains tax rate on ALL home sales 39.6% tax rate on dividends Restored inheritance tax under Obama (repealed...

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It’s worth considering trusts when doing inheritance tax planning (icWales)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

IT ONCE seemed so much more straightforward. If you had a considerably-sized estate and you wanted to save your offspring the burden of inheritance tax, there were a number of ways of gifting at least part of that estate away.

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INVEST to PROGRESS (Fitstreet Total Health Solutions)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:05:00 GMT

I was listening to a radio discussion this morning about inheritance tax and the fact that you have to pay 40% on everything you inherit, over an initial £300,000. So, you work hard, you put in long hours, and you do everything you can to build a life for you and your family, putting as much money aside as possible to prepare for the future. Then, come the day you die, nearly half of the money...

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“Psychic“ Jack Answers Obama in 1997 (Timothy Birdnow)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:47:31 GMT

by Jack Kemp “Psychic” Jack Kemp replies to Obama on Inheritance Taxes — 11 years before he stated his presidential campaign position on that issue Taken from a Pro Obama website, here is his position on inheritance taxes: http://www.nodeathtax.org/2008election/obama.htm Barack Obama Will Create a $7 Million Estate Tax Exemption for Couples and a 45 Percent Rate: According...

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