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Recent Examples of estate tax
It is considered a U.S. situs asset subject to the estate tax.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Minnesota: Estates exceeding $3 million are subject to estate tax, with rates up to 16 percent.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Among them are more valuable tax breaks tied to business income, state and local taxes and the estate tax, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 — signed by George W. Bush, slashed individual rates across the board, with the top rate falling from 39.6 percent to 35 percent, and gradually eliminated the estate tax.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 22 May 2025
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Minnesota: Estates exceeding $3 million are subject to estate tax, with rates up to 16 percent.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Among them are more valuable tax breaks tied to business income, state and local taxes and the estate tax, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 — signed by George W. Bush, slashed individual rates across the board, with the top rate falling from 39.6 percent to 35 percent, and gradually eliminated the estate tax.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate tax
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Your state may also have rules on estate tax and inheritance tax to know.—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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In 2024, a proposal to eliminate all property and income taxes in Nebraska, including the inheritance tax, failed to make the ballot.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 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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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,
29 May 2025
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Romania’s fiscal system, which is based on a flat tax approach and suffers from chronically low revenue collections, has left the state unable to enact redistributive policies needed to narrow the country’s huge inequality gap and fix its dysfunctional public services.—
Veronica Anghel,
Foreign Affairs,
21 May 2025
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This notion leads many professional athletes to live in states that do not levy an income tax.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This extra pay is currently subject to federal income tax.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Estate tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate%20tax. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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