The Bush tax breaks of 2001 are coming up for renewal and there's a lot of debate over which ones to preserve and which ones to let expire.
At stake are the estate tax, which was eliminated; the relief from the marriage penalty and taxes for the wealthier brackets; the relief that was granted on the tax to capital gains and dividends; and the increase in the ceiling of the child credit tax.
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