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H.R. 6439

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Keep the Forest in the Family Estate Tax Act of 2012
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Committee
Latest Action · September 19, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
September 19, 2012
Cosponsors (23)
8D 15R
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Keep the Forest in the Family Estate Tax Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide an exemption from the additional estate tax for the disposition or severance of standing timber on a qualified woodland for timber that is harvested consistent with a written forest management plan or under professional guidance, and (2) increase from $750,000 to $5 million the limitation on the reduction in the fair market value of real property used for farming or in another trade or business for estate tax purposes.

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