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Crippling taxes and death duties, among other economic forces, meant that many grand houses were demolished or left private hands, become commercial enterprises such as boutique hotels and nursing homes.
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Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
But the big house on the estate had been blown up, because of the death duty (inheritance tax).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
Jennifer’s full line of death duty honors included the Fort Lauderdale police honor guard, and bagpipers and drummers from multiple municipalities.
—Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
Middle-class women learned to do it themselves; high taxation and death duties meant that big houses were divided or sold.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2019
But such gifts still help reduce state death duties.
—Laura Saunders, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
In that case death duties would not be immediately payable, and the children’s education could be secured.
—The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
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Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
But the big house on the estate had been blown up, because of the death duty (inheritance tax).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
Jennifer’s full line of death duty honors included the Fort Lauderdale police honor guard, and bagpipers and drummers from multiple municipalities.
—Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
Middle-class women learned to do it themselves; high taxation and death duties meant that big houses were divided or sold.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2019
But such gifts still help reduce state death duties.
—Laura Saunders, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
In that case death duties would not be immediately payable, and the children’s education could be secured.
—The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
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“Death duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20duty. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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