Obama’s New Tax Proposals

By David M. Grant, Esq., Partner at Grant Morris Dodds Recently President Obama released his 2013 budget proposal.  Following is a summary of his budget points as it relates to income tax, estate tax, gift tax, and Generation Skipping Transfer (GST) tax reform: Limitation on Itemized Deductions and Personal Exemption Phase-out. The proposal would reinstate the limitation on itemized deductions and the personal exemption phase-out for upper-income taxpayers. The Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) thresholds would return to the 2009 levels, and would be indexed for inflation thereafter.  The thresholds would be $250,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns, $225,000 for head-of household taxpayers,...