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The South Carolina House approved tax reform legislation this spring that will move the state to a 1.99% flat tax in the next five years and then fully phase out the income tax in subsequent years depending on revenue triggers being met.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025 -
While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The most effective thing to do would be to restore the exemption from inheritance tax granted to offshore trusts.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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But there is no state income tax on Social Security benefits and no state estate or inheritance tax.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes,
14 Sep. 2024
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Starting in 2026, the federal estate tax exemption is expected to jump to $15 million per person (that’s estimated to be $30 million for couples).—
Luke Britt,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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This rule benefits the wealthiest American families, who will not pay any federal estate tax on amounts up to these levels.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
14 July 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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There is no tax treaty with the U.S. barring double taxation, but the U.S. foreign tax credit affords substantial relief and the Montenegro income tax rate tops out at just 15%.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The recall campaigns were led by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
19 July 2025
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“Proportional tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional%20tax. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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