Tax Reduction Act of 2001

Tax Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the existing 15 percent individual tax rate into a 12 percent and 15 percent rate based upon specified income bracket amounts; (2) revise the alternative minimum tax computation; (3) eliminate the alternative minimum tax-based reductions for the earned income and child tax credits; (4) revise the earned income tax credit with respect to credit percentages and amounts, includible income, phaseouts, and the joint return requirement; and (5) revise the standard deduction for joint filers and surviving spouses to twice the amount for an unmarried single filer.

Revises estate tax provisions to: (1) increase the exemption equivalent of the unified credit; (2) repeal family-owned business interests deduction provisions; (3) repeal provisions providing for a credit for State death taxes and provide for the deduction from an estate's value of State death taxes paid; and (4) set forth valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets, and eliminate location requirements with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement for gross estate determination purposes.