ABA Joins Family Business Coalition in Letter to Congress about Proposed Estate Tax Changes
ABA joined the Family Business Coalition and 112 organizations in urging Congress to keep all estate tax-related changes off the table as BBB negotiations continue.
In the letter, the Coalition stated: “Congress should be single-mindedly focused on helping small businesses keep their doors open and their workers employed. Taxing unrealized gains in any form, subjecting more families to the estate tax by cutting the current exemption in half, removing important tools that family businesses use for succession planning, and changing longstanding rules on valuing family businesses are not ideas that are likely to help spur job creation and economic recovery. While the recently released “framework” contains several concerning tax hikes, it wisely abandoned these aforementioned provisions. On behalf of family businesses across the country, the undersigned organizations urge you to keep these harmful policies off the table as negotiations continue.”
