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Recent Examples of estate tax
Instead, wealthy families get another tax break: the estate tax exemption will rise to $15 million for individuals and $30 million for married couples next year, and rise with inflation afterward.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
For married couples, an important aspect of the estate tax is the marital deduction, which allows the surviving spouse to inherit an unlimited amount from the deceased spouse without incurring estate tax liability.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Having income or estate tax, formal administration, etc.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
What To Know When someone passes away in the U.S, an estate tax is levied on their estate based on the net value of their assets at death and paid to the federal or state government.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
For married couples, an important aspect of the estate tax is the marital deduction, which allows the surviving spouse to inherit an unlimited amount from the deceased spouse without incurring estate tax liability.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Having income or estate tax, formal administration, etc.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
What To Know When someone passes away in the U.S, an estate tax is levied on their estate based on the net value of their assets at death and paid to the federal or state government.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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In 2024, a proposal to eliminate all property and income taxes in Nebraska, including the inheritance tax, failed to make the ballot.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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The estate tax system in the US and the inheritance tax regime (IHT) in the UK tax the estate of decedents.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Romania’s fiscal system, which is based on a flat tax approach and suffers from chronically low revenue collections, has left the state unable to enact redistributive policies needed to narrow the country’s huge inequality gap and fix its dysfunctional public services.—
Veronica Anghel,
Foreign Affairs,
21 May 2025
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Tax obligations extend beyond income tax to certain excise taxes as well that may be considered with personal income tax obligations.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which lowered income tax rates for all income groups but disproportionately benefitted the highest earners, is set to expire at the end of 2025.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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