estate tax
noun
: a tax in the form of a percentage of the taxable estate that is imposed on a property owner's right to transfer the property to others after their death compare inheritance tax sense 1
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Before the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer, the estate tax exemption was set to be cut in half to about $7 million a person at the end of 2025.
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Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Blakeman slammed Mamdani for his proposal to lower the state’s estate tax exemption threshold of more than $7 million to $750,000, as well as his threat to raise property taxes if Hochul didn’t pitch the city more money in the state budget.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.
—Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The president has passed several laws and provisions to benefit the super wealthy since taking office, including an act to increase the estate tax exemption and cutting international business taxes.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Blakeman slammed Mamdani for his proposal to lower the state’s estate tax exemption threshold of more than $7 million to $750,000, as well as his threat to raise property taxes if Hochul didn’t pitch the city more money in the state budget.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.
—Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The president has passed several laws and provisions to benefit the super wealthy since taking office, including an act to increase the estate tax exemption and cutting international business taxes.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estate%20tax. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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