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Recent Examples of death tax
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.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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
So get rid of the death tax for everybody.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
But some, without inflation adjustments, are still taxing estates at levels that haven’t budged for years, meaning more families are getting surprise death tax bills.
—Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 13 May 2022
President Biden has set his sights on enacting a new death tax on top of the existing estate tax.
—Chuck Grassley, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
House Bill 2881, filed by representative Shawn Dooley of Norfolk, fixes the flaws of our current Massachusetts death tax.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
The real cost of losing senior residents who seek to avoid the Massachusetts death tax?
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
Anyone who wants to prevent the short-termism prevalent in corporate America should think twice about creating disincentives to long-term planning via the death tax.
—WSJ, 17 June 2021
Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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
So get rid of the death tax for everybody.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
But some, without inflation adjustments, are still taxing estates at levels that haven’t budged for years, meaning more families are getting surprise death tax bills.
—Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 13 May 2022
President Biden has set his sights on enacting a new death tax on top of the existing estate tax.
—Chuck Grassley, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
House Bill 2881, filed by representative Shawn Dooley of Norfolk, fixes the flaws of our current Massachusetts death tax.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
The real cost of losing senior residents who seek to avoid the Massachusetts death tax?
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
Anyone who wants to prevent the short-termism prevalent in corporate America should think twice about creating disincentives to long-term planning via the death tax.
—WSJ, 17 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for death 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
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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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This year’s conference examined: How buy-sell agreements impact valuation discounts and estate tax calculations.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some taxpayers, the IRS said, may receive their income tax refunds a few days earlier.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The new tax benefit for mothers of two or three (mothers of four are already exempt from income tax) will be phased in gradually from January.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Iowa flat tax heralded as a model Wednesday, Iowa joins states that charge a flat individual income tax.—
Acacia Squires,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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The flat tax went from being a crazy Steve Forbes idea to being the law of the land in 14 states, and eight have no income taxes at all, with two more in the process of phasing them out as the tax cut revolution continues.—
Dominic Pino,
National Review,
31 Dec. 2024
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