Rethinking the Estate and Gift Tax: Overview

William Gale and Joel Slemrod

No 8205, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper surveys, integrates, and extends research on estate and gift taxes. The paper begins with information on features of U.S. transfer taxes, characteristics of recent estate tax returns, the evolution of transfer taxes, the role of such taxes in other countries, and theory and evidence concerning why people give intergenerational transfers. The next sections examine the incidence, equity, and efficiency of transfer taxes. Subsequent sections cover administrative issues and the effects on saving, labor supply, entrepreneurship, inter vivos gifts, charitable contributions, and capital gains realizations. The paper closes with a discussion of policy options and a short conclusion.

JEL-codes: H2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-04
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Published as Rethinking Estate and Gift Taxation. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2001.

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