S. 1627 · 117th Congress · Senate

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
May 13, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

This bill reduces the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.)

The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAY 13, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAY 13, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

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Finance Committee

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Referred: May 13, 2021

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