Under the Obama administration, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 brought back the federal estate tax for 2010, sort of.
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The just-enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 makes great strides against the Federal estate tax burden that otherwise would have taken hold January 1, 2011.