evin[at]lexmark.com (ron) wrote:

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The maximum federal estate tax credit for state death taxes,
which was based the taxable estate and a table of
progressive rates found in section 2011, was reduced by 25%
in 2002, 50% in 2003, 75% in 2004, and is repealed for
estates of decedents dying after 2004. (After 2004, there
is a deduction for any state death tax paid.)

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According to my sources, Colorado's estate tax will remain
equal to the federal credit, so there will be no Colorado
estate tax after 2004.

**Dan Evans
**I post information, not advice.

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ron wrote:

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All your questions and more are answered at:
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/Estatetax.html

--

Alan
http://taxtopics.net

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I remember reading a year or so ago, that because of the
federal esate tax phase-out of the state estate tax credit,
Colorado was considering how to revise / update their state
estate tax laws. Can someone answer the following two
questions:

1. When does the federal phase-out of the state estate tax
credit occur?

2. What tax rate(s) will Colorado apply to their state
estate tax?

TIA, Ron

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