Article on Generation-Inflation Index for Taxation

Alyssa A. DiRusso recently published an Article entitled, The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax and Sociological Shifts in Generational Length: Proposing a Generation-Inflation Index for Taxation, 41 Am. C. Tr. & Est. Couns. L.J. 307 (Fall 2015/Winter 2016). Provided below is a summary of the Article:

Having begun with an introduction, Part II of the article gives an overview of the GST tax and its history. Part III notes sociological changes relevant to generational length such as childbearing age and life expectancy. Part IV notes the effective use of inflation indices throughout the Code to use as a model for generation inflation. Part V formally proposes an inflation index for generational length for GST tax purposes. Part VI concludes the article.