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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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Older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable to scams, and the latest target appears to be inheritance tax.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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Each county has its own Register of Wills Office, and all inheritance tax money collected in each county goes into Maryland’s General Fund.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 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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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
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Why Lifting The Payroll Tax Cap Matters The payroll tax is a flat tax on wages with a ceiling.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
11 June 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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Texas also does not have state income tax, meaning retirees’ money stretches further here.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Dec. 2025
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Texas in 2019 passed a constitutional amendment blocking lawmakers from enacting an income tax.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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