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Recent Examples of estate tax
Retirees also don't pay an inheritance tax or an estate tax, and most groceries and all prescription and nonprescription drugs are tax-free.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Some states have their own estate tax rules that don’t align with federal ones.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The federal estate tax applies to estates exceeding $13.61 million for individuals or $27.22 million for married couples starting in 2025. Rates can reach as high as 40%, and state-specific inheritance taxes may also apply.
—James Brewer, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Similar to estate tax in the U.S., inheritance tax in the U.K. is charged at 40% on the property, possessions and money of someone who has died, above a threshold of 325,000 pounds, or around $410,000.
—Hannah Peart, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Some states have their own estate tax rules that don’t align with federal ones.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
The federal estate tax applies to estates exceeding $13.61 million for individuals or $27.22 million for married couples starting in 2025. Rates can reach as high as 40%, and state-specific inheritance taxes may also apply.
—James Brewer, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Similar to estate tax in the U.S., inheritance tax in the U.K. is charged at 40% on the property, possessions and money of someone who has died, above a threshold of 325,000 pounds, or around $410,000.
—Hannah Peart, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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Lawyers whose field of specialty is inheritance tax.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2025
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Finally, there is state inheritance tax, which is the responsibility of the person receiving property from an estate.—
Robert Cole,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Legislative Changes to Local Death Tax Proposed changes to inheritance tax rules, including potential alterations to relieve the death tax burden on local business and agricultural assets, may significantly impact estate planning strategies.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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For those with taxable annual incomes above $1.0 million a year, a Harris-Walz administration would at death tax unrealized capital gains at 28% (lower than the Biden proposal of 39.6%) for amounts above $5.0 million maximum, $10.0 million for joint filers.—
Milton Ezrati,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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Those fees included a 2.5% flat tax for Muslim charity, as well as a road tax and various income taxes on individuals and small businesses, Zelin says.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2024
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Two states, Iowa and Louisiana, are moving to a flat tax.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, the BBC’s offices in India were raided by income tax authorities, coming soon after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the country’s President.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2025
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In the long run, at best the taxpayer could get a deferral of taxes and then an eventual arbitrage between ordinary income tax rates and long-term capital gains rates.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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