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- For years, estate-planning attorneys were consistently aiming at a moving target, faced with uncertain laws that literally changed from year to year until the federal estate tax disappeared completely in 2010.
"I've never seen anything like it in my entire career," said Needham, Mass. tax and estate-planning attorney Kenneth P. Brier. "I've never faced this kind of uncertainty in the law. You have a situation where people are afraid to take action."See the full content of this document
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Estate Tax Law Could Bring Some Certainty - for Now
But that soon could change - at least for the time being.
After much wrangling, Congress appears poised to pass a new estate tax measure. The result could give attorneys and their clients some much-needed guidance.But...See the full content of this document
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