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Recent Examples of death tax
Legislative Changes to Local Death Tax Proposed changes to inheritance tax rules, including potential alterations to relieve the death tax burden on local business and agricultural assets, may significantly impact estate planning strategies.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for death tax
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The regime has long courted controversy, leading U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves in her October budget to confirm that it would be abolished from April 2025, and that all long-term residents would be subject to inheritance tax (IHT) on their worldwide assets, including those held in trust.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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The plan also considers eliminating the inheritance tax and doing away with the Inflation Reduction Act’s alternative minimum tax for corporations.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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And in the United States, the estate tax has been gutted by tax cuts and strategies to dodge it.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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That includes estate tax cuts and individual income tax cuts.—
NerdWallet,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, the BBC’s offices in India were raided by income tax authorities, coming soon after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the country’s President.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2025
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In the long run, at best the taxpayer could get a deferral of taxes and then an eventual arbitrage between ordinary income tax rates and long-term capital gains rates.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Those fees included a 2.5% flat tax for Muslim charity, as well as a road tax and various income taxes on individuals and small businesses, Zelin says.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2024
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Two states, Iowa and Louisiana, are moving to a flat tax.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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