Statutory tax laws frequently contain discontinuous step-functions ('cliffs') where a single dollar of additional consideration or estate valuation triggers tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in retroactive tax liability. Below, we open-source four deterministic Vanilla JS calculators and Retina 2x editorial charts from the EastCorp Capital Quantitative Tax & Real Estate Desk covering New York's 105% estate cliff, Delaware's Assumed Par Value corporate recalculation, the Hamptons $2.0M Peconic Bay CPF cliff, and IRS Form 8606 Backdoor Roth pro-rata aggregation.
1. New York $7.16M Estate Tax '105% Cliff' (N.Y. Tax Law § 952(c)) & Conditional Santa Clause
Between $7,160,000 and $7,518,000 (105% of the basic exclusion), New York State phases out 100% of the unified estate tax credit—generating an effective marginal tax rate exceeding 190% to 229%. A conditional charitable bequest ('Santa Clause') donates the excess above $7.16M to a 501(c)(3) charity whenever the tax saved exceeds the gift.
- Interactive Production Calculators:
- Statutory Paper: Telegra.ph Monograph — NY $7.16M Estate Cliff & Santa Clause
2. Delaware C-Corp Assumed Par Value Franchise Tax (8 Del. C. § 503(a)(2)) & NY LLC § 206 Albany Route
- Interactive Production Calculators:
- Statutory Paper: Telegra.ph Monograph — Delaware Assumed Par Value & NY LLC § 206
3. Hamptons 2.0% Peconic Bay CPF ($2.0M Cliff) & Philadelphia 4.278% Realty Transfer Tax
- Interactive Production Calculators:
- Statutory Paper: Telegra.ph Monograph — Hamptons 2% CPF & Philadelphia RTT
4. IRS Form 8606 Backdoor Roth Pro-Rata Aggregation (IRC § 408(d)(2)) & 2026 RMD Table III
- Interactive Production Calculators:
- Statutory Paper: Telegra.ph Monograph — Form 8606 Pro-Rata & 2026 RMD Table III
5. Live Interactive Sandbox Widgets (JSFiddle DR 89)
Test the statutory calculation engines directly in the browser or fork the implementation:
- NY $7.16M Estate Cliff & Santa Clause Optimizer: JSFiddle Interactive Simulator
- Delaware Assumed Par Value & NY LLC § 206 Engine: JSFiddle Interactive Simulator
- Hamptons 2% Peconic Bay CPF & Philadelphia RTT Calculator: JSFiddle Interactive Simulator
- Form 8606 Backdoor Roth Pro-Rata & 2026 RMD Table III Engine: JSFiddle Interactive Simulator





