<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">First, apologies to anyone that gets this more than once. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Second, please see the attached correspondence signed by Ryan Montgomery, Liberty Upton, and myself. This is a letter in support of HB 1375, a simple piece of legislation that fixes the Washington Estate Tax inflation index issue. This bill would fix it, and adjust the exemption amount to what it should be had the pause never happened. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We want to get as many supporters of this legislation as possible. Reason - we need to convince Chair April Berg to give this bill a hearing, and then also to show our support.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If you want to support this letter - sorry, no edits - please write back to me at <a href="mailto:Brent@williams-ruthlaw.com">Brent@williams-ruthlaw.com</a> by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025. Please provide your city of residence, your WSBA # (if you have one), and a simple statement, I consent to adding my name to your letter. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you,<br>Brent</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
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