sunset

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/8/2010 10:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>The difference between "sunset" and "expire" seems to be that when things
>"sunset," you're supposed to be so sad to see them go.

Like the expiration of the expiration of the Federal estate tax.*

Joel

* IIRC, a sunset provision (or perhaps a direct act) let the estate
tax lapse for 2010, but a(nother?) sunset provision reinstates it the
following year.  So for the next 12 months don't let your greedy
heirs get close to any instruments of death.

JSB

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