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The tax break consists of a flat tax of 200,000 per year covering all foreign incomes.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Illinois has a flat tax of 4.95%, which applies to all filers, Politifact Wisconsin previously reported.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Texas does not have these types of taxes, though there is a federal estate tax and there used to be a state inheritance tax that was eliminated in 2015.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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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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Reynolds, the former Putnam Investments CEO, cited the combination of the millionaire’s tax and the Massachusetts estate tax.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 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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Hungary offers a number of incentives, including exempting women with four or more children from paying income tax, but is still struggling to coax people to have kids.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The city’s biggest hook on the billionaire set is a personal income tax that is, practically speaking, optional.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Proportional tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional%20tax. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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