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Recent Examples of estate tax
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.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.
—Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Gift taxes aren’t owed until the amounts in excess of the annual exclusion total more than the giver’s lifetime gift and estate tax exemption amount (which in 2026 is $15 million).
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
By eschewing salaries, lobbying Congress to gut the estate tax, and contriving elaborate writeoffs and work-arounds, the very rich have placed much of their wealth beyond the reach of the state.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.
—Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Gift taxes aren’t owed until the amounts in excess of the annual exclusion total more than the giver’s lifetime gift and estate tax exemption amount (which in 2026 is $15 million).
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
By eschewing salaries, lobbying Congress to gut the estate tax, and contriving elaborate writeoffs and work-arounds, the very rich have placed much of their wealth beyond the reach of the state.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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The inheritance tax threshold at $750,000 would have seemed extreme two years ago.—
Greg Raiff,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Pennsylvania subjected everything she was left to inheritance tax at the state’s top 15% rate.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The big revenue generators — like eliminating the death tax and selling federal land — have hung around town for a while.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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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
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Over those eight years, Iowa slowly compressed it down to a flat tax.—
Matthew Stolle,
Twin Cities,
23 May 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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Actually, those Americans in the top 1% of income actually pay almost 40% of the entire income tax — more than the bottom 90% combined.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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The bonds would be repaid with income tax revenue from major league ballplayers and staff.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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