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Planning your estate and wondering how the proposed law will affect it? The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would increase the base exclusion amount to $10 million for 2018 (indexed for inflation). It would repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes for estates of those dying after Dec. 31, 2023, while maintaining a beneficiary’s stepped-up basis in property. It would also lower the gift tax to a top rate of 35% for gifts made after Dec. 31, 2023, with a base $10 million exclusion amount and a 2018 annual $15,000 exclusion amount (also indexed for inflation).