Brookings: Topics - Estate Tax

Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance Tax

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The repeal of the estate tax for one year only in 2010 creates vast uncertainty but also provides an opportunity to reconsider the taxation of gifts and bequests. This paper proposes replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax.

'Death Tax' Repeal Unfair to Those Who Owe 'Birth Tax'

Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Diane Lim Rogers, San Francisco Chronicle (5/31/06)

Options for Reforming the Estate Tax

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Leonard E. Burman, William G. Gale, and Jeffrey Rohaly, Tax Break (4/18/05)

Death by a Thousand Cuts: An Analysis of the Estate Tax's Demise

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:30:00 GMT

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March 24, 2005, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Estate tax: Tax Needs Reform, But Repeal Would be a Giveaway to the Wealthy

Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by William G. Gale (7/27/2003)

Effects of Estate Tax Reform on Charitable Giving

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

article by Jon M. Bakija and William G. Gale (6/17/2003)

The Estate Tax: A Forum Featuring William H. Gates, Sr.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:30:00 GMT

Event Information:

January 14, 2003, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Resurrecting the Estate Tax

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Brief #62, by William G. Gale and Joel Slemrod (June 2000)

Rhetoric and Economics in the Estate Tax Debate

Tue, 22 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by William Gale, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan, May 22, 2001

The Estate Tax Plays a Key Role

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by William Gale, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Joel Slemrod, Professor, University of Michigan, in The AARP Bulletin, April 2001

Rethinking the Estate and Gift Tax

Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Conference Report #05, by William G. Gale and Joel Slemrod (March 2001)