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Recent Examples of estate tax
By 2017, the estate tax threshold had risen to about $5.5 million.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
For families that plan to take advantage of the estate tax window, however, the time is now.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
This means that an individual can pay an unlimited amount for someone’s qualified tuition expenses without reducing their $19,000 per recipient annual exclusion or triggering any gift tax (or use of gift/estate tax exemption).
—Darren T. Case, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
For families that plan to take advantage of the estate tax window, however, the time is now.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
This means that an individual can pay an unlimited amount for someone’s qualified tuition expenses without reducing their $19,000 per recipient annual exclusion or triggering any gift tax (or use of gift/estate tax exemption).
—Darren T. Case, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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Additionally, for trusts settled after October 30, 2024, the 40% UK inheritance tax may also apply to decedents who were settlors and beneficiaries of a trust, as is the case commonly for US revocable trusts.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, one caveat about inheritance tax: Unlike the US, in France the tax applies per beneficiary instead of the total estate value.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In fact, if H. 4216 is enacted and revenue triggers are met, South Carolina would go from having the highest income tax rate in the Southeast, to the lowest rate in the nation, besting Arizona’s 2.5% flat tax.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The second type of problem involved individual taxpayers who faced tax time headaches when trying to claim the credit when filing 2024 income tax returns.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Arizona and North Dakota (both 2.5%) have the lowest among states with an income tax.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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