Estate Tax back in 2011

An inherited apartment is subject to an appraisal - appraised price then becomes part of the estate.

i heard that 2010 might be retroactively applied

My spouse and I love our heirs, just not enough to try to die this year. LOL

ph41, the scary part is actually: if you want to KILL your spouse/parents, this is the year to do it.
Congress was supposed to fix this last year, but Obama had them puttering around with healthcare

Sigh, how can you estate plan when you have no idea what the heck Congress will do, if they do anything.

a lot of people would die this year if that were the case, but it won't happen... 100% chance of it being applied retroactively

There is a 100% chance of the government attempting to make the tax retroactive, and there is 100% certainty that a very wealthy new heir (the Steinbenner kids perhaps?) with take contest this probably all the way up to the Supreme court....and there is 100% UNcertainty of how the supreme court will rule...stay tuned...