estate tax

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Recent Examples of estate tax Maryland is also the only state with a digital advertising tax and both an estate tax and an inheritance tax. Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025 Strategies such as trusts, estate freezes, or fractional gifting can help mitigate estate tax burdens while ensuring a smooth transition of ownership. Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Internal Revenue Code Section 2040 governs how joint ownership of property with right of survivorship is treated for federal estate tax purposes. Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Florida, with its lack of a state estate tax or state income tax, presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to keep wealth and business ownership thriving here. Robert F. Mancuso, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for estate tax
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Noun
  • Changes to Trusts to Avoid UK Tax The Act subjects settlors of US revocable trusts with UK long-term residency to IHT and the inheritance tax of the trust may vary based on the residency status of the settlor.
    Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The state also was tied for first with other states that have no estate or inheritance tax.
    Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Presumably calling the estate tax a death tax enhances the negative connotations of the tax.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On Monday, the office of Federal Student Aid restarted the Treasury Offset Program, a debt collection tool that allows the government to collect income tax refunds and other federal payments to put toward paying off the loans.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
  • What To Know Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama have introduced the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act, which would create an income tax deduction for overtime wage earners.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

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