Senate Bill 3638
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Nov 15, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3638
Congress
115
Policy Area
Taxation
Taxation
Primary focus of measure is all aspects of income, excise, property, inheritance, and employment taxes; tax administration and collection. Measures concerning state and local finance may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.)
The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.
November 15, 2018
11/15/2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
11/15/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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