Estate planning tools may vanish in 2013 
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Tags: estate planning, estate tax, federal law, gift tax
WASHINGTON – For estate planning attorneys, the unstable nature of federal tax law has become the new normal. But the prospect of skyrocketing estate tax rates and the potential loss of key estate planning tools with certain federal laws set to expire is spurring them to get their clients to act – and quickly.
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