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H.R. 173

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.
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Committee
Latest Action · January 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
January 6, 2009
Cosponsors (12)
10D 2R
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate of a decedent the value of farmland used by an heir of the decedent for farming purposes. Imposes a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmland after the decedent's death or who ceases to use it for farming purposes.

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