The Senate voted to reject Democratic Sen. Max Baucus' proposal to increase the existing 35% gift tax to 45% for transfer until the end of the year, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
Bloomberg notes that there's a chance the proposal could still become law as part of a compromise on the Bush tax cuts.
Baucus proposed to "reinstate the estate tax retroactively for 2010" with the 45% rate and increase the individual tax-free allowance to the 2009 level of $3.5 million, which would be increased to adjust for inflation in 2011.
