date:Sep 18, 2013
enerosity and vast wealth. Its also a monument to their skill at preserving that fortune across generations.
Americas richest family, worth more than $100 billion, has exploited a variety of legal loopholes to avoid the estate tax, according to court records and Internal Revenue Service filings obtained through public-records requests. The Waltons example highlights how billionaires deftly bypass a tax intended to make sure that the nations wealthiest contribute their share to government rather