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Steve Cohen: “The rate is the big thing. It is not the exemption level. It is the rate, going from 55 percent down to 35 percent.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
The rate is the big thing. It is not the exemption level. It is the rate, going from 55 percent down to 35 percent.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen emphasizes the importance of tax rates over exemption levels in wealth transfer.

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