Definitions for "Applicable Exclusion Amount"
The total amount of money a person can give away while alive or in their Will without having to pay federal taxes. In 2000, this amount was $675,000. In 2006, it will be $1,000,000.
another term for the federal gift and estate tax "exemption equivalent" or the amount of transfers sheltered from tax by the unified credit in any given year; beginning in 2004, the gift tax applicable exclusion amount differs from the estate tax applicable exclusion amount
The amount of property owned by a decedent effectively exempt from the federal estate and gift tax. ($1,500,000 in 2004.)