Practicing Texas Politics, Eleventh Edition
Lyle C. Brown, Baylor University Sonia R. Garcia, St. Mary's University Robert S. Trotter, Jr., El Centro College Joyce A. Langenegger, San Jacinto College
Political Updates Chapter Ten: Revenues, Expenditures, and Fiscal Policy
Death Tax, pg. 435
One of President George W. Bush's first proposals to the U.S. Congress was elimination of the death tax. This tax is scheduled to be repealed for one year in 2010. In 2000, death taxes accounted for 1 percent (approximately $278 million) of all of Texas's tax collections.
