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The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA-97)

$500 per Child Tax Credit
Education
Individual Retirement Accounts
Capital Gains
Small Business
Estate and Gift Tax

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own choosing in dealing with their
specific situations.

Estate and Gift Tax

Family farm/small business exclusion of $700,000 effective 1998 (total = $1.3million)

The annual $10,000 gift tax exclusion ($20,000 for split gifts) will be indexed for inflation starting 1999 in $1,000 increments (no increase is likely until 2001)

Unified credit phases up to $1 million by 2006 (family farm/small businesses remain
at $1.3 million)
[See Chart]

Relief from the depreciation provisions of the AMT to promote economic growth and job creation (conforms depreciation lives)