Timeline for What ethical (if any) or economical arguments are offered in defense of the inheritance tax?
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| Mar 14, 2020 at 18:14 | history | edited | CDJB♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2018 at 19:59 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | @user4012 The effect you discuss is explicitly considered and discussed at page 5 of the CBO report. If you are going to criticize methodology, you really ought to determine that the methodology flaw that you identify is present. Otherwise you are just engaged in speculation that is heavily colored by mood affiliation. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 20:38 | history | edited | user4012 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2018 at 15:41 | comment | added | user4012 | @JeffLambert - I didn't read the full report but what I read so far chimes in with my comment. They ONLY examined one side of the coin (reduction due to reduced incentives because of taxes) but not the other (potential increase due to increased money available to people out of which to give). Not only that, but the studies they cite for the increase seem to explicitly be centered around the (miniscule - 10% of total charitable giving) estate bequests and not covering 90% of other giving. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 15:32 | comment | added | user4012 | @JeffLambert - did the CBO account for effect on charitable giving by drastically increasing the amount of money people get to keep? (because not all charitable giving is driven by desire to escape taxes). If that was not taken into account, it's not really a valid way to look at this issue. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 15:28 | comment | added | user5155 | There is this CBO report from 2004 for the charitable giving argument. It found eliminating the estate tax would decrease charitable giving (as a way of limiting tax liability) by 6 to 12%. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 15:12 | history | answered | user4012 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |