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Recent Examples of estate tax
Both plans would repeal the estate tax, the alternative minimum tax, and the tax on investment income imposed by Obamacare.
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Alex Raskolnikov, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2017
Keep in mind that over the years the assets are likely to increase in value while the estate tax exemption could decline.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Estate Tax Revisions: Perhaps most important to estate planning attorneys is the discussion on the estate tax exemption (and corresponding gift tax exemption and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption).
—Darren T. Case, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Higher estate tax exemptions approved under the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
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Alex Raskolnikov, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2017
Keep in mind that over the years the assets are likely to increase in value while the estate tax exemption could decline.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Estate Tax Revisions: Perhaps most important to estate planning attorneys is the discussion on the estate tax exemption (and corresponding gift tax exemption and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption).
—Darren T. Case, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Higher estate tax exemptions approved under the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
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No 4: Game-changing money from the Gulf The biggest story in the UK this week has been about farmers protesting against a change to inheritance tax.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The flashpoint is the government’s decision in its budget last month to scrap a tax break dating from the 1990s that exempts agricultural property from inheritance tax.Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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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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So get rid of the death tax for everybody.Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
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Internationally, several Eastern European countries adopted flat tax systems in the late 1990s.Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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In 2020, a constitutional amendment to change the flat tax to one with higher rates on higher earners was rejected by voters.Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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To be sure, many drivers do not claim the mileage deduction on their federal income tax returns.Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Texas has several benefits attracting people that California doesn't offer: the state has no income tax, it's cut off from the Western Interconnection electric system and has been building more new homes, whereas the Golden State is still going through a homelessness crisis and a housing shortage.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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