House
Jul 30, 2012

To provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief.

Summary

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Sensible Estate Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Extends through 2013 provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 pertaining to estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a basic estate tax exclusion amount of $3.5 million, and (2) establish a maximum 45% estate tax rate. Exempts the budgetary effects of this Act from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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Introduced(7/30/12)
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Mr. LEVIN

(D) MI – 17

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Latest Action

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jul 30, 2012