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Recent Examples of estate tax
Refusing an inheritance can also reduce the estate tax for the person who does so.
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Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Cape Cod isn’t the first expensive housing market to introduce an extra real-estate tax on the wealthy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
And Thomas Paine called for a 10% estate tax to fund old-age pensions and a payment to every person at 21.
—Time, 7 July 2025
The estate tax exemption rises to $15 million and is adjusted for inflation going forward.
—Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Cape Cod isn’t the first expensive housing market to introduce an extra real-estate tax on the wealthy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
And Thomas Paine called for a 10% estate tax to fund old-age pensions and a payment to every person at 21.
—Time, 7 July 2025
The estate tax exemption rises to $15 million and is adjusted for inflation going forward.
—Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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Okamura added that inheritance tax rules have forced founding families to sell stakes, which has boosted market liquidity.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Once approved, residents are subject to Spain’s worldwide tax system and potential inheritance tax.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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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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Despite the flat tax amount doubling in 2024, the tax incentive continues to allure wealthy investors.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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To pay for the spending, Pritzker pushed for billions of dollars in new taxes, including changing the state’s flat tax to a multirate tax.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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The plan also draws on redirecting corporate income tax revenues and removing the 6% sales tax from fuel sales to allow for a 20-cent-per-gallon hike in the fuel tax, while leaving the price paid at the pump about the same.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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From 2019 to 2022, income tax revenue collected from downtown residents increased 38% to more than $40 million.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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