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Jon Kyl: “It is actually not quite that. It is $5 million. The way this is written, if one spouse, let's say, the person who is…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2008
It is actually not quite that. It is $5 million. The way this is written, if one spouse, let's say, the person who is not running the business, dies first, you can plan so you can get most of the effect of $10 million in the unified credit between the estate and the gift tax, but it is actually a $5 million exempted amount. So, for example, if a single person owns a business, it is only $5 million. It is not the amount that would relate to a couple of $10 million.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing the implications of estate and gift tax exemptions during a debate.

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