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Effective Exemption Amount<br />

As well, EGTRRA decreased the top rates for<br />

federal estate and gift taxes in steps until they<br />

reached 45% in 2007<br />

In 2010, it repealed the federal estate tax, set<br />

the top tax rate for gifts equal to the top tax<br />

rate for individual income, and put in place<br />

complex rules and limits for stepped‐up basis<br />

But EGTRRA itself is scheduled to “sunset”<br />

after 2010, returning us to a $1 million unified<br />

exemption amount and a 55% top tax rate<br />

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