Personal Planning Department

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  House Rejects Senate Tax Bill; Votes to Extend All Bush Tax Cuts Instead

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 2, 2012

  The House approved on a party-line vote Wednesday legislation that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for one year.

• Senate Dems Play Hardball with Tax Battle

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 1, 2012

  Senate Democrats signaled that they will hold hostage extension of the current, relatively generous, estate tax provisions to higher taxes on the wealthy.

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  Battle Lines Drawn on Bush-Era Tax Cuts

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 1, 2012

  Senate floor action on taxes the week of July 23 lays out for the first time the battle lines on the future of the Bush tax cuts, especially estate tax policy going forward.

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  Battle Lines Drawn on Bush-Era Tax Cuts

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  July 23, 2012

  Will the Democrats or the GOP prevail...or will we all become collateral damage?

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  Senate Dems Play Hardball with Tax Battle

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  July 20, 2012

  Senate Democrats have signaled that they will hold hostage an extension of the current, relatively generous, estate tax provisions to higher taxes on the wealthy.

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  As Day of Reckoning Approaches, Professionals Prepare for "The Worst"

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  July 18, 2012

  Estate taxes paid by families and businesses and the planning that goes along with them will face a jarring impact if Congress is unable to bridge the ideological divide on taxes and tax cuts first enacted in 2001 and potentially expiring at the end of year.