inheritance tax

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Recent Examples of inheritance tax Your state may also have rules on estate tax and inheritance tax to know. Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 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 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 Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government added a new wrinkle to the proposal by removing inheritance tax breaks on assets in overseas trusts. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for inheritance tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritance tax
Noun
  • Plus, the federal estate tax exemption will increase to $15 million.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • For decedents dying in 2026 and beyond, up to $15 million (and $30 million for couples) is exempt from the federal estate tax, and this exemption will be indexed for inflation.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The recall campaigns were led by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 19 July 2025
  • There is no tax treaty with the U.S. barring double taxation, but the U.S. foreign tax credit affords substantial relief and the Montenegro income tax rate tops out at just 15%.
    William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • The South Carolina House approved tax reform legislation this spring that will move the state to a 1.99% flat tax in the next five years and then fully phase out the income tax in subsequent years depending on revenue triggers being met.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025

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