The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December of 2017 dramatically increased the amount of money that is exempted or excluded when calculating any estate tax. The new law did not change, however, the rule that any exemption not used by one spouse at the time of his or her death can be used at the time of the other spouse's death. This rule is called:

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Celeste Compton

6 December, 07:32

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December of 2017 dramatically increased the amount of money that is exempted or excluded when calculating any estate tax. The new law did not change, however, the rule that any exemption not used by one spouse at the time of his or her death can be used at the time of the other spouse's death. This rule is called:

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Emmalee Sellers · Answer 1

Option D. Portability Rule

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The Portability rule says that if the estate tax exemption was not fully utilized at the time of the other spouse's death then the rule allows the surviving spouse to use the remainder unused estate tax exemption if left unused. So basically this rule gives the person maximum chance to obtain the benefit of utilization of estate tax exemptions.