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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5872" measure-id="id113hr5872" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-12-11" update-date="2015-01-24">
<title>American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-12-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue to: (1)&nbsp;allow taxpayers an election to make annual payments of 1% of their adjusted gross income for a minimum seven-year period in lieu of existing estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) allow a step-up in basis for estate property of a taxpayer making an election under this Act.&nbsp;Sets forth requirements for the filing of an estate tax return for taxpayers who have made an election under this Act. </p>]]></summary-text>
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