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The idea is that although historically very few American estates have been subject to the tax--only about 1 percent in recent times, says the paper--the wealth creation of the nation's historic boom is liable to change all that.
Yet another theory is that parents are governed by a "strategic bequest motive," using their estates to purchase attention from their grown children.
However, because of credits and deductions--mostly transfers to spouses--only 31,918 estates paid the government any money.
It is my impression that only 1 percent to 2 percent of all estates are subject to any tax.
The estate tax is progressive --that is, the tax rate is higher on larger estates.