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Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax

Index Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax

Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax (ASSET) is a lobbying group of individuals and private businesses, which advocates changing the collection method for the estate tax in the United States. [1]

44 relations: Adjusted gross income, Adventist HealthCare, Americans for Tax Reform, Andy Harris (politician), Ben Cardin, Bob Bennett (politician), Capital gain, Capitol Hill, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Chief economist, Chris Van Hollen, Chrysler, Down payment, Entrepreneurship, Estate tax in the United States, Fitzgerald Auto Mall, General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization, Gift tax, Grover Norquist, Internal Revenue Service, Kensington, Maryland, Life insurance, Lobbying, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, National Center for Charitable Statistics, National Review, Nonprofit organization, Official, Pennsylvania, Phil English, Steny Hoyer, Tax avoidance, Tax Foundation, The Hill (newspaper), The Wall Street Journal, Think tank, Trust law, United States Congress, United States Department of Labor, United States Department of the Treasury, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, Urban Institute, 113th United States Congress.

Adjusted gross income

In the United States income tax system, adjusted gross income (AGI) is an individual's total gross income minus specific deductions.

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Adventist HealthCare

Adventist HealthCare is a not-for-profit health services organization based in Gaithersburg, Maryland that employs more than 6,200 people and provides healthcare for more than 400,000 individuals in the community each year.

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Americans for Tax Reform

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is a politically conservative U.S. taxpayer advocacy group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today." According to ATR, "The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax.

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Andy Harris (politician)

Andrew Peter Harris (born January 25, 1957) is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. Representative for since 2011.

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Ben Cardin

Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Maryland, first elected to that seat in 2006.

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Bob Bennett (politician)

Robert Foster "Bob" Bennett (September 18, 1933 – May 4, 2016) was an American politician and businessman.

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Capital gain

A capital gain refers to profit that results from a sale of a capital asset, such as stock, bond or real estate, where the sale price exceeds the purchase price.

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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is an American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies from a progressive perspective.

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Chief economist

Chief economist is a single-position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis.

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Chris Van Hollen

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (born January 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Maryland since January 3, 2017.

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Chrysler

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes.

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Down payment

Down payment (or downpayment, also called a deposit in British English), is a payment used in the context of the purchase of expensive items such as a car and a house, whereby the payment is the initial upfront portion of the total amount due and it is usually given in cash at the time of finalizing the transaction.

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.

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Estate tax in the United States

The estate tax in the United States is a tax on the transfer of the estate of a deceased person.

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Fitzgerald Auto Mall

Fitzgerald Auto Mall is a family owned and operated auto dealership that was founded in 1966, with its first location opening in Bethesda, Maryland.

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General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization

The 2009 General Motors Chapter 11 sale of the assets of automobile manufacturer General Motors and some of its subsidiaries was implemented through Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code in the United States bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York.

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Gift tax

In economics, a gift tax is the tax on money or property that one living person gives to another.

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Grover Norquist

Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American political advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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Kensington, Maryland

Kensington is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Life insurance

Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money (the benefit) in exchange for a premium, upon the death of an insured person (often the policy holder).

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Lobbying

Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies.

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Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (renamed in 1981 from the International Center for Economic Policy Studies) is a conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs, established in New York City in 1977 by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey.

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National Center for Charitable Statistics

The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is a clearing house of data on the U.S. nonprofit sector.

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National Review

National Review (NR) is an American semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Official

An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private).

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Phil English

Philip Sheridan English (born June 20, 1956) served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995–2009 from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, representing the state's 3rd Congressional district.

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Steny Hoyer

Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1981.

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Tax avoidance

Tax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime in a single territory to one's own advantage to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law.

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Tax Foundation

The Tax Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, founded in 1937, that collects data and publishes research studies on U.S. tax policies at both the federal and state levels.

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The Hill (newspaper)

The Hill is an American political newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C. since 1994.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Think tank

A think tank, think factory or policy institute is a research institute/center and organisation that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

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Trust law

A trust is a three-party fiduciary relationship in which the first party, the trustor or settlor, transfers ("settles") a property (often but not necessarily a sum of money) upon the second party (the trustee) for the benefit of the third party, the beneficiary.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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United States House Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Urban Institute

The Urban Institute is a Washington D.C.-based think tank that carries out economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions".

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113th United States Congress

The One Hundred Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015, during the fifth and sixth years of Barack Obama's presidency.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_Standing_for_the_Simplification_of_the_Estate_Tax

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