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Recent Examples of estate tax
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.
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Individuals can use 529 plans to reduce estate tax liability, maximize contributions through superfunding and provide allowances through rollovers to Roth IRAs, all leading to significant tax savings.
—Robert Cole, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Retirees also don't pay an inheritance tax or an estate tax, and most groceries and all prescription and nonprescription drugs are tax-free.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Some states have their own estate tax rules that don’t align with federal ones.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Individuals can use 529 plans to reduce estate tax liability, maximize contributions through superfunding and provide allowances through rollovers to Roth IRAs, all leading to significant tax savings.
—Robert Cole, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Retirees also don't pay an inheritance tax or an estate tax, and most groceries and all prescription and nonprescription drugs are tax-free.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Some states have their own estate tax rules that don’t align with federal ones.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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According to Oxfam’s analysis, half of the world’s billionaires live in countries with no inheritance tax for direct descendants.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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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
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The new flat tax rate was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May, who, along with state lawmakers, have argued that the state was collecting too much money from its residents, the publication noted.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
1 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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Residents of these remote villages rely on VITA to prepare free income tax returns.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
7 Feb. 2025
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The move was part of an overhaul aimed at eventually phasing out the state's individual income tax altogether which also extended the state sales tax to more services.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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