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 A Short History of the Federal Estate Tax
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By Harry Margolis
In Estate and Gift Taxes
Posted March 17, 2017

A Short History of the Federal Estate Tax

Up until the last century, the federal estate tax was imposed during wartime to raise funds for the military and disbanded when peace came. The first tax on inheritances was enacted in 1797 as [...]

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