The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says.
The proposed rule and guidance announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting” — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes.
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Limiting the Stepped Up Cost Basis at death to $1 million per person (rather than making it unlimited for large estates) would raise $323 Billion over ten years.
see footnote 14:
Tackling Wealth Inequality by Eliminating Stepped-Up Basis at Death | Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy | Georgetown Law
Low-hanging fruit.
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