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| Title: | The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: Provisions for Farmers and Rural Communities |
| Authors: | Monke, James D.
Durst, Ron L. |
| Keywords: | farm taxation
Federal income tax
family farm
capital gains
estate taxes
tax reform
tax policy
agricultural assets
farm income variability |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Series/Report no.: | Agricultural Economic Report No. 764 |
| Abstract: | Under the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, most farmers will pay less Federal income tax, and farm families will find it easier to transfer the family farm across generations. The new law--the tax portion of 1997 legislation to balance the Federal budget by 2002--emerges from years of debate on proposals for tax simplification, broad tax reduction, and targeted relief for capital gains and estate taxes. The legislation is expected to generate a net tax reduction of $95 billion over 5 years for all taxpayers. A number of general and targeted tax relief provisions will reduce Federal taxes significantly for farmers and other rural residents, but also will increase the complexity of both Federal income and estate taxes. Farmers are expected to save more than $1.6 billion per year in Federal income taxes and $150-200 million in Federal estate taxes. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/33905 |
| Institution/Association: | United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Agricultural Economics Reports |
| Total Pages: | 31 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | Agricultural Economics Reports
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