Does Congress' infrastructure bill include a 61% death tax on all your wealth?
By Christiana Dillard
Copy link
Copy featured image
NO
There's a social media post now that says the infrastructure bill will be funded by a 61% death tax on everyone's estate.
That's not true. First, the proposal only applied to the very richest Americans.
And secondly, it's not part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which has not yet been passed into law.
This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
White House FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan
US Congress H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
Lead Stories is a fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. It scouts for trending stories, images, videos and posts that contain false information in order to fact check them as quickly as possible. It actively monitors the fake-news ecosystem and doesn’t wait for reader tips or reports before getting started on a story.