estate tax

noun

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as in inheritance tax

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Recent Examples of estate tax This year’s conference examined: How buy-sell agreements impact valuation discounts and estate tax calculations. — Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 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 That includes estate tax cuts and individual income tax cuts. — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 Some of the expiring TCJA provisions include lower federal income tax brackets, bigger standard deductions, a more generous child tax credit, higher gift and estate tax exemptions and a 20% tax break for pass-through businesses, among others. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for estate tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
  1. inheritance tax
  2. death tax
  3. flat tax
  4. income tax
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  • While the inheritance tax will be eliminated, the budget lowers the estate tax exemption threshold from $5 million to $2 million.
    — J.B. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Maryland is also the only state with a digital advertising tax, and both an estate tax and inheritance tax.
    — Jeff Abell, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of inheritance tax
Noun
  • The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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.
    — Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of death tax
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  • Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Idaho is one of 14 U.S. states that has a flat tax rate, which means that every taxpayer, regardless of income, owes the same proportion of their income.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of flat tax
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  • Gains realized on investments sold within a one-year holding period are classified as short-term capital gains, which are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That way, the burden would fall on all Golden State taxpayers, not just Edison, PG&E and SDG&E customers — a much more equitable strategy, especially given California’s progressive income tax system, which requires higher earners to pay more.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of income tax

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