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HERITAGE Act

USA119th CongressS-1927| Senate 
| Updated: 6/3/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Senator

Mississippi

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislative proposal, titled the "Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers Are Generationally Enduring Act" or the HERITAGE Act , seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Specifically, it targets Section 2032A(a)(2), which pertains to the special valuation of farm real property for estate tax purposes, aiming to ease the financial burden on inheriting family farms. The bill substantially increases the maximum aggregate reduction in the fair market value of qualified real property for estate tax calculations. For farmland used in a specific qualified use, the limitation would rise from the current $750,000 to $15,000,000 , while for other qualified real property, it remains at $750,000. These amendments, including conforming changes, will apply to the estates of decedents dying after the date of the Act's enactment.
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Timeline
Jun 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • June 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

HERITAGE Act

USA119th CongressS-1927| Senate 
| Updated: 6/3/2025
This legislative proposal, titled the "Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers Are Generationally Enduring Act" or the HERITAGE Act , seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Specifically, it targets Section 2032A(a)(2), which pertains to the special valuation of farm real property for estate tax purposes, aiming to ease the financial burden on inheriting family farms. The bill substantially increases the maximum aggregate reduction in the fair market value of qualified real property for estate tax calculations. For farmland used in a specific qualified use, the limitation would rise from the current $750,000 to $15,000,000 , while for other qualified real property, it remains at $750,000. These amendments, including conforming changes, will apply to the estates of decedents dying after the date of the Act's enactment.
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Timeline
Jun 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • June 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican Senator

Mississippi

Finance Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted