How to Use estate tax in a Sentence

estate tax

noun

• Several rules in regard to gift and estate taxes did not change.
  — Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
• And attitudes toward the estate tax seem more responsive to facts.
  — Daniel Treisman, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• What will federal estate tax changes have on generational wealth transfer?
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
• There are close to 15 million households that had been subject to estate tax under the old exemption and no longer are.
  — WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
• Bush cut taxes across the board, lowered rates on dividends and capital gains, and changed the estate tax to benefit high earners.
  — Sam Petulla, CNN, 30 Jan. 2018
• The state does not tax benefits from Social Security and does not have an inheritance or estate tax.
  — Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 28 July 2024
• Revocable living trusts are designed to eliminate the potential costs and delays of probate, not of the estate tax system.
  — Liz Weston, OregonLive.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Democrats also want to restore the alternative minimum and estate taxes, and to bring the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent.
  — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• The amount of money that is automatically exempt from federal estate tax at death has doubled to just over $11 million per taxpayer.
  — Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
• Another idea for raising revenue is changing the exemptions so that more families would pay the Connecticut estate tax after a family member’s death.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2024
• This is not the place to debate the merits of an estate tax.
  — WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
• Then comes the estate tax, which, at 40%, is among the highest in the federal code.
  — Jesse Eisinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2021
• The time to perfect your estate plan and estate tax plan is NOW!
  — Jeff Camarda, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• Before now, the previous best year to die was 2010 when the estate tax took a gap year.
  — Houston Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
• House Democrats want more wealthy Americans to pay the estate tax.
  — Rachel Louise Ensign, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2021
• By transferring wealth to heirs early, the rich can avoid the estate tax.
  — Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• When estate tax limits were raised, many lost that bet.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2020
• Biden would also lower the exemption for the estate tax to $3.5 million and raise the rate to 45%.
  — Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
• The estate tax is assessed at 40% on the biggest estates.
  — Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• Revenue from the estate tax has been sliced in half in two years, said Ben Steverman in Bloomberg.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 28 Nov. 2021
• Wealthy homeowners won’t be the only ones to feel the pinch of New York City’s new real-estate tax law.
  — Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2019
• This year, the estate tax applies to couples worth more than $23.4 million.
  — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2021
• That’s because the gift and estate tax systems are combined.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2023
• An outside analysis found the plan would not add to the federal deficit because of changes to the estate tax.
  — Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
• Kessler’s real-estate tax issues date back to 2010, Philip said.
  — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022
• Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced a new estate tax reform bill, the For the 99.5% Act, to do just that.
  — Chuck Collins For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
• Last year, both the House and Senate had differing plans that would have raised the estate tax threshold to $2 million.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• At the same time, the general fund is strapped for cash in part because Christie and lawmakers lowered the sales tax and phased out the estate tax.
  — Mike Catalini, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2018
• So, the estate tax is taxed on the estate and the estate pays it before assets are distributed.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• The money would come from an increase in the Illinois estate tax, which is levied on the estates of deceased people.
  — Sydney Czyzon, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024