January 11, 2007

Abolition of the Estate Tax Would Harm Giving

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor:

A major issue in recent debates over the estate tax has been the effect on charitable giving of repealing or sharply reducing the tax.

According to studies by the Congressional Budget Office, the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, and various academic economists, the estate tax provides an important incentive for giving, and repealing the tax would have a substantial impact on

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