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While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025 -
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,
19 June 2025
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The most effective thing to do would be to restore the exemption from inheritance tax granted to offshore trusts.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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But there is no state income tax on Social Security benefits and no state estate or inheritance tax.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes,
14 Sep. 2024
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Plus, the federal estate tax exemption will increase to $15 million.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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For decedents dying in 2026 and beyond, up to $15 million (and $30 million for couples) is exempt from the federal estate tax, and this exemption will be indexed for inflation.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
4 July 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The state has about a $4.6 billion budget, enough to hand out $1.3 billion in income tax cuts this year for middle-class residents and getting rid of the state’s tax on electricity usage.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The income tax resulting from the sale of farmland to a qualified farmer can be deferred and paid in four annual installments.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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“Proportional tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional%20tax. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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