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Estate Tax Void has Unintended Consequences

There is good news and bad news having no estate tax this year.

There is good news and bad news having no estate tax this year. The good news is obvious: no estate tax.

But the bad news is that there is no longer a step-up in basis for property with unrealized capital gains. This means that some heirs could pay more tax this year than if the estate tax

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