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  2. Ask an Advisor: $5 Million Windfall - How Should My Kids ...

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    My children have inherited $5 million of stock from their father (whose estate has not yet been dispersed after 11 months) leaving them with a 30% or so loss of value over which they have had no ...

  3. What Is the Cost Basis of Inherited Stock? - AOL

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    However, the stepped-up rule only applies to inherited stocks (and other financial securities) passed on from a deceased’s estate, not gifts or irrevocable trusts made before the death.

  4. Inheritance Tax: What It Is, Who Pays and State-Specific Rules

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    The amount of tax charged for an inheritance tax depends on the amount of the inheritance and the beneficiary’s relation to the deceased. Inheritance Tax vs. Estate Tax

  5. Gift tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A gift tax, known originally as inheritance tax, is a tax imposed on the transfer of ownership of property during the giver's life. The United States Internal Revenue Service says that a gift is "Any transfer to an individual, either directly or indirectly, where full compensation (measured in money or money's worth) is not received in return."

  6. Stepped-up basis - Wikipedia

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    The primary purpose for the stepped-up basis rule under IRC § 1014 is so that, for estates without exemptions to the federal government's estate tax on transfers of wealth at death, the estate's assets are taxed only by estate taxes and not also on the capital gains during the decedent's lifetime.

  7. Estate tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Inheritance taxes are paid not by the estate of the deceased, but by the inheritors of the estate. For example, the Kentucky inheritance tax "is a tax on the right to receive property from a decedent's estate; both tax and exemptions are based on the relationship of the beneficiary to the decedent." [52]

  8. Do I Pay Taxes Automatically If I Inherit Property? - AOL

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    An inheritance is a windfall that can absolutely help someone's financial situation -- but it can make your taxes tricky. If you inherit property or assets, as opposed to cash, you generally don ...

  9. Inheritance tax - Wikipedia

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    An inheritance tax is a tax paid by a person who inherits money or property of a person who has died, whereas an estate tax is a levy on the estate (money and property) of a person who has died. [1] However, this distinction is not always observed; for example, the UK's "inheritance tax" is a tax on the assets of the deceased, [ 2 ] and ...