Sentences with phrase «federal estate tax burden»

Tip: State inheritance taxes may also be due, independent of the federal estate tax burden.

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«The New York City business community supports recommendations of this commission to reduce some aspects of the tax burden, including simplification and consolidation of business and bank taxes, accelerated phase out of a surcharge tax on utilities, and raising the threshold for estate taxes to conform with federal standards,» she said.

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Suburban REALTORS Alliance Position The Alliance is opposed to increases in the current transfer tax for the following reasons: 1) As the transfer tax is levied only on buyers and sellers of property, the burden per taxpayer is greater than the burden from a more broad - based tax designed to generate the same amount of revenue; 2) Since public transportation is a benefit that is open to all members of society, the charge should not be placed solely on buyers and sellers of property; 3) The transfer tax adds additional burdens on first - time home buyers saving for a down - payment and covering the closing costs and runs contrary to existing federal, state, and local programs including the mortgage interest deduction, low interest property maintenance loans, and grants to first time homebuyers; 4) A real estate transfer tax is a state and local tax assessed on real property when ownership of the property is exchanged between parties.