The Death Tax Costs Jobs

• Nearly 60% of business owners report that they would add more jobs over the coming year if the death tax was eliminated. ("Family Business: The effect of Estate Taxes." Gallup Poll. September 1995)

• Nearly three out of four family business owners reported that long-term growth is made significantly more difficult or impossible by the death tax. (Family Enterprise Center, Kennesaw State College, 1995)

• Beyond encouraging short sighted investment behavior, death taxes create a disincentive to accepting the risks necessary for business growth.   Faced with the tradeoff between risk and return associated with investing in new projects, 68% of businesses report that the prospect of death taxes makes them less willing to accept the risk. ("Family Business: The effect of Estate Taxes." Gallup Poll. September 1995)

• A repeal of death taxes should lead to considerable revenue growth. Firms expect that a repeal of death taxes would induce them to invest in their businesses in ways that would enable revenue to grow five percent faster. ("Family Business: The effect of Estate Taxes." Gallup Poll. September 1995)

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