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TAX WATCH

Nonprofit Groups Urge Action on Estate Tax

Two umbrella groups of nonprofit organizations are asking the House and Senate to make the estate tax permanent and at levels that are already in effect this year.

Under current law, heirs can exempt $3.5-million from taxes ($7-million for couples), with amounts above that taxed at 45 percent.

In 2001,...

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