[WSBAPT] Seeking stories and input on Washington Estate Tax law and HB 1465

Thu Jul 15 17:21:36 PDT 2021

Heather:

I whole heartedly agree.

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Philip,

I’m with you. I get that no one “likes: to pay taxes, but I have always felt that among alternatives, taxing what I leave behind when I die is one of the lesser concerns in my life. And how many millions do the kids really “need” to inherit tax-free. My point of view is not too popular with some of my wealthier clients and friends, but I’ve lived in countries with a real social safety net, paid for with taxes, and I didn’t hate it. 😉

I have seen kids sell family businesses when parents die, taxes were usually not the reason.

Heather

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At the risk of alienating all of my friends who oppose the estate tax, which they call the death tax, I wonder why farms and small businesses have become the poster children for abolishing (or reducing) the estate tax.  Why should they get a break when people with investments would not?  I have been administering estates for 45 years, and I have yet to encounter an estate where the estate tax was a huge burden that put the family farm or the family enterprise out of business.  I think it is a myth to argue that family farms and family businesses are at risk.
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Thanks so much for working on this. I am so hoping that Washington state will go back to dovetailing with the federal state law. Just not fair for those with small family owned businesses
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On Jul 13, 2021, at 10:01 AM, June Campbell <campbell.june at gmail.com<mailto:campbell.june at gmail.com>> wrote:

I'm gathering stories about how Washington's estate tax has affected individuals and families to share them with the sponsors of House bill 1465 in the last session. Although the bill did not make it out of committee last session, I anticipate it will be reintroduced in the next session so there is time to improve the bill. You can see a two page summary of HB 1465 and the actual text of the bill here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1465&Initiative=false&Year=2021

Please email me with your comments.

Thanks,

June Campbell
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