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Recent Examples of death tax
The big revenue generators — like eliminating the death tax and selling federal land — have hung around town for a while.
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Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
The loss limit for pass-through businesses is also permanent and the death tax exemption ($15 million for individuals and $30 million for married couples) is now permanent, and the pre-2022 limit on interest expense deductions is restored.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Closing just one aspect of the death tax loophole would raise another $100 billion over 10 years, largely from millionaires and billionaires.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
The loss limit for pass-through businesses is also permanent and the death tax exemption ($15 million for individuals and $30 million for married couples) is now permanent, and the pre-2022 limit on interest expense deductions is restored.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Closing just one aspect of the death tax loophole would raise another $100 billion over 10 years, largely from millionaires and billionaires.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for death tax
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Alternatively, there are life insurance policies that pay out to cover the cost of inheritance tax.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
9 Apr. 2026
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More estates will be dragged into paying inheritance tax while changes targeting wealthy ‘non-dom’ residents also kick in.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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Before the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer, the estate tax exemption was set to be cut in half to about $7 million a person at the end of 2025.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Blakeman slammed Mamdani for his proposal to lower the state’s estate tax exemption threshold of more than $7 million to $750,000, as well as his threat to raise property taxes if Hochul didn’t pitch the city more money in the state budget.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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California has the highest personal income tax rates in the nation, and even the rates that hit middle-income earners are among some of the highest.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Support for the proposal is widespread, despite fears of losing much of the budget the wealthy already fund by pushing them out of state, and of BWT eventually expanding to everyone (as income tax did).—
Robertas Bakula,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Ohio introduced a flat tax, joining 14 other flat-tax states, another trend.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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Horner explains that the country offers a seven percent flat tax rate on all foreign retirement income, including Social Security, pensions, and IRAs, for up to 15 years.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Death tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20tax. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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