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Recent Examples of estate tax
The most important tax change for the wealthy in the House proposal is the estate tax.
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 May 2025
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and key congressional leaders have called for eliminating the estate tax.
—James Carter, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
There are no income or estate tax benefits to the typical revocable living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
It is considered a U.S. situs asset subject to the estate tax.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 May 2025
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and key congressional leaders have called for eliminating the estate tax.
—James Carter, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
There are no income or estate tax benefits to the typical revocable living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
It is considered a U.S. situs asset subject to the estate tax.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
Noun
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The standard deduction and inheritance tax exemptions will be cut in half.—
Ryan Ellis,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The low offer solves their financial obstacles, since neither the Dutton family nor Rainwater could have afforded an inheritance tax on the property if it were sold at value.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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After that, the county can figure out where the income tax revenue should be divvied up.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The Revenue Act also created the modern income tax system with a one-percent tax on workers earning more than $3,000 per year, the equivalent of $94,909 in 2024.—
Mike Patton,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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