Behavioral Responses to the Estate Tax: Inter-vivos Giving

Year of Publication
2000
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Journal
National Tax Journal
Volume
53
Issue
4, Part 1
Number of Pages
913-31
Abstract

Individuals who value the amount left to heirs have a clear incentive to engage in behavior that reduces the tax; by transferring a portion of an eventual bequest during their lifetime, a parent can substantially reduce the tax eventually paid by an estate.

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https://ideas.repec.org/a/ntj/journl/v53y2000i4p913-32.html
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