Maximum value of estate exempt from the estate tax in 2001, in dollars: 675,000

Top estate tax rate in 2001: 60

Maximum value of estate exempted by the Salazar Amendment, in dollars: 5,000,000

Top estate tax rate mandated by the Salazar Amendment: 35%

Top estate tax rate in 2009 if the Salazar Amendment is not enacted: 45%

Percentage of estate tax revenue that will come from the top 10% of the income distribution in 2007: 90

Amount of revenue that the estate tax will raise from the 14,000 estates subject to the tax in 2007: $19 billion

The effective tax rate – calculated based on the share of an estate actually paid in tax – that results from a 35% statutory estate tax rate with a $3.5 million per person exemption: 14%

Income and payroll tax rate for a family of four with an income of $60,000: 18%