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Committee hears bill to allow portability of Minnesota estate tax exclusion between spouses

2142252 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

Senate File 30 would allow surviving spouses to elect to use a deceased spouse’s unused Minnesota estate tax exclusion (portability), aligning state law with federal portability and aiming to help family farms and small businesses; committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.

Senate File 30, a measure to permit portability of the Minnesota estate tax exclusion between spouses, was presented to the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee. Sponsor Sen. Karin Nelson described the bill as aligning Minnesota with federal treatment that allows a surviving spouse to elect to use a deceased spouse’s unused federal exclusion. The bill would allow spouses to elect transfer of…

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