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The American Family Business Institute (AFBI) is a 501(c)(6) trade association of family business-owners and farmers who are committed to permanent repeal of the Death Tax (a.k.a., federal estate tax).  We believe that the death tax is fundamentally immoral, and an economically disastrous form of taxation.

Who We Are

The American Family Business Institute (AFBI) represents family business owners, large and small, throughout America.  Our mission is the permanent repeal of the Death Tax, the federal estate tax.  We focus 100% of our energy, leadership and resources on repealing the tax as soon as possible.  Our fallback position is to get the best reform political realities allow.  AFBI was founded in 1994.  It was the one of the first organizations to call for permanent repeal of the Death Tax.  Today, it remains the coalition leader in Washington, DC of organizations fighting for Death Tax repeal.

What We Do

AFBI educates Congress and the American public on this injustice and on the social and economic costs of the Death Tax.  AFBI helps American business people and citizens to lobby their elected officials to repeal the Death Tax.  We work closely with the leadership of the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives: we help to write legislation, to gather co-sponsors, and to shepherd the bills through the legislative process.  We recognize Members of Congress who have made serious contributions to the fight for repeal, and encourage voters to cast their ballots with the Death Tax in mind.

The Next Battle

Congress will address the Death Tax debate again – probably in early 2009.  As a vote on repeal or reform of the Death Tax gets closer, our mission becomes ever more urgent.  Sixty-six percent of the American people believe the Death Tax is unjust.  The issue cuts across all racial, economic, and partisan lines.  The right to leave a legacy is a human right; America will not tolerate the injustice of the Death Tax.