death tax
noun
: a tax arising on the transmission of property after the owner's death
especially
: estate tax
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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.
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
So get rid of the death tax for everybody.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
But some, without inflation adjustments, are still taxing estates at levels that haven’t budged for years, meaning more families are getting surprise death tax bills.
—Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 13 May 2022
President Biden has set his sights on enacting a new death tax on top of the existing estate tax.
—Chuck Grassley, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
House Bill 2881, filed by representative Shawn Dooley of Norfolk, fixes the flaws of our current Massachusetts death tax.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
The real cost of losing senior residents who seek to avoid the Massachusetts death tax?
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
Anyone who wants to prevent the short-termism prevalent in corporate America should think twice about creating disincentives to long-term planning via the death tax.
—WSJ, 17 June 2021
This is a backdoor death tax, and Penn Wharton estimates the change would raise up to $113 billion over a decade.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 May 2021
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Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
So get rid of the death tax for everybody.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
But some, without inflation adjustments, are still taxing estates at levels that haven’t budged for years, meaning more families are getting surprise death tax bills.
—Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 13 May 2022
President Biden has set his sights on enacting a new death tax on top of the existing estate tax.
—Chuck Grassley, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
House Bill 2881, filed by representative Shawn Dooley of Norfolk, fixes the flaws of our current Massachusetts death tax.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
The real cost of losing senior residents who seek to avoid the Massachusetts death tax?
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
Anyone who wants to prevent the short-termism prevalent in corporate America should think twice about creating disincentives to long-term planning via the death tax.
—WSJ, 17 June 2021
This is a backdoor death tax, and Penn Wharton estimates the change would raise up to $113 billion over a decade.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 May 2021
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“Death tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20tax. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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