Edited sentence: ASSET is leading the effort to rewrite the estate tax code so as to maintain revenues for the IRS while stopping the damage to family estates and job losses that are a direct result of the current law.Harold Alford, president and CEO of the NBCC, welcomed the opportunity to be involved with ASSET and exclaimed that the current estate tax rules force too many private businesses to sell and cause much more harm than good.In 2011, the NBCC joined the estate tax reform effort and Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax (ASSET)