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Recent Examples of estate tax
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).
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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
Though there is nominally an estate tax today, Congress has not enacted a single provision to close loopholes in 35 years.
—Ray Madoff, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Democrats have long argued that the estate tax helps curb intergenerational wealth concentration and had pushed to cut the exemption in half.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
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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
Though there is nominally an estate tax today, Congress has not enacted a single provision to close loopholes in 35 years.
—Ray Madoff, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Democrats have long argued that the estate tax helps curb intergenerational wealth concentration and had pushed to cut the exemption in half.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate 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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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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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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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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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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