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Today the first $11 million of a married couple's estate is exempt from tax, and for people who die next year, the exemption level will be $22 million thanks to the Republican tax plan.
People just above the exemption level who lack employer coverage often face what they consider very high premiums.
Even if you are subject to capital gains tax, it is only on the amount above the exemption level.
This potential growth is one of the reasons advisers say that few people are looking to exceed the exemption level.
She said one way to deal with this was to set up trusts that preserve each spouse's state exemption level.
Moreover, ownership of unincorporated firms, which carries unlimited liability, was much more tightly linked to the exemption level than was the extent of corporate ownership.
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At new higher exemption levels, far fewer estates would be touched in each state.
Recognizing this, some politicians called for an increase in the exemption levels for inheritance taxes.
THE FUTURE The very rich could still face estate taxes, but there continue to be sophisticated ways for them to shield many times the exemption levels.
Back in December 2010 President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner reached an agreement to raise the exemption levels on estate and gift taxes to $5 million a person as part of a deal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts.
Here's the rub, though: If Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner again come to a last-minute agreement as they did two years ago and the exemption levels on estate and gift taxes are unchanged, all this maneuvering could be for naught.
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