estate tax

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Recent Examples on the Web The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) doubled the estate tax exemption to $13.61 million for individuals and $27.22 million for married couples; but, this is only for 2018 through 2025. Jessica Ledingham, J.d., Ll.m., Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Former President Donald Trump has promised to keep most of the tax cuts, including the estate tax. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 Top issues vary across the district, from property taxes in Park Forest to estate tax fixes in farm communities, Joyce said. Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024 If a Form 706 is required, monitor the final determination of estate tax liability, as this will affect the election’s lifespan. Ashley Case, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for estate tax 
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Noun
  • Asset managers Pension contributions in Britain will now fall within the purview of the inheritance tax regime, which is set at 40%.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Increasing the standard inheritance tax rate to 45% from 40% would raise another £800 million.
    Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • For those with taxable annual incomes above $1.0 million a year, a Harris-Walz administration would at death tax unrealized capital gains at 28% (lower than the Biden proposal of 39.6%) for amounts above $5.0 million maximum, $10.0 million for joint filers.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • So get rid of the death tax for everybody.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • In the summer, Italy doubled the flat tax paid by wealthy individuals on their income earned overseas.
    BYPrarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Changes corporate tax rate to a flat tax and ends the film production tax credit.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • One of the similarities between the Canadian tax system and the U.S. tax system is that most income tax and benefit amounts in both countries are indexed to inflation (only a few countries adjust their income tax thresholds for inflation—out of 160 economies, 131 have no adjustment at all).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • During the quarter, Apple paid a one-time income tax charge of $10.2 billion to resolve a long-running case dating back to 2016 over how the company handled taxes in Ireland.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

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