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Recent Examples of estate tax
For decedents dying in 2026 and beyond, up to $15 million (and $30 million for couples) is exempt from the federal estate tax, and this exemption will be indexed for inflation.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Congressional Republicans are advancing a proposal to permanently expand the federal estate tax exemption, allowing ultra-wealthy families to pass down even more of their assets without triggering tax liabilities.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
It was amended in 2017 and again in 2023, and all three of the couple’s children have a one-third share of the remaining Federal estate tax exemption, worth about $2 million each.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 4 June 2025
The measures raise taxes on high earners and large businesses through increases to the capital gains tax, estate tax and business taxes, while expanding the sales tax to new services and eliminating certain tax breaks.
—Chris Hoene, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Congressional Republicans are advancing a proposal to permanently expand the federal estate tax exemption, allowing ultra-wealthy families to pass down even more of their assets without triggering tax liabilities.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
It was amended in 2017 and again in 2023, and all three of the couple’s children have a one-third share of the remaining Federal estate tax exemption, worth about $2 million each.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 4 June 2025
The measures raise taxes on high earners and large businesses through increases to the capital gains tax, estate tax and business taxes, while expanding the sales tax to new services and eliminating certain tax breaks.
—Chris Hoene, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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The most effective thing to do would be to restore the exemption from inheritance tax granted to offshore trusts.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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But there is no state income tax on Social Security benefits and no state estate or inheritance tax.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes,
14 Sep. 2024
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
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The South Carolina House approved tax reform legislation this spring that will move the state to a 1.99% flat tax in the next five years and then fully phase out the income tax in subsequent years depending on revenue triggers being met.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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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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The recall campaigns were led by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
19 July 2025
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There is no tax treaty with the U.S. barring double taxation, but the U.S. foreign tax credit affords substantial relief and the Montenegro income tax rate tops out at just 15%.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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