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

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