FederalEstateTax

Can you put a price on a life? We tend to think that life is priceless. But as 2010 draws near, with the federal estate tax set to repeal, some wealthy families may think that you can put a price on it after all.

When Congress passed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA), many championed the "repeal" of the federal estate tax. What wasn't widely advertised at the time was that the repeal was for a single year. That single year of repeal begins in 10 days. Under the terms of EGTRRA,...