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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 -
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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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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Waiting to plan means missing chances to pass money to your kids or grandkids without a huge estate tax bill.—
Anatoly Iofe,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The most important tax change for the wealthy in the House proposal is the estate tax.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
16 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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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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“Proportional tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional%20tax. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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