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  2. Estate tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "death tax" more directly refers back to the original use of "death duties" to address the fact that death itself triggers the tax or the transfer of assets on which the tax is assessed. While the use of terms like "death duty" had been known earlier, specifically calling estate tax the "death tax" was a move that entered mainstream ...

  3. Estate Tax vs. Inheritance Tax: What’s the Difference? - AOL

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    Paying estate taxes: In the United States, the federal estate tax only applies to estates exceeding a certain value, which as of 2024, is $13.6 million. Simply put, if your estate is worth less ...

  4. New Tax Worry for the Rich: 4 Possible ‘Estate Tax’ Changes ...

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    The TCJA introduced a federal lifetime estate and gift tax exemption of up to $13.61 million for single taxpayers in 2024 ($27.22 million for joint filers). This was more than double the previous ...

  5. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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    Assets left to any other heir, including the decedent's children, may be taxed if that portion of the estate has a value in excess of the lifetime gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amount. As of 2023, the federal exemption amount was $12,920,000. For a married couple, the combined exemption is $25,840,000. [10]

  6. List of countries by inheritance tax rates - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of countries by inheritance tax rates. Inheritance tax or estate tax is the tax levied upon the wealth of a person at the time of their death before it is passed on to their heirs. [1] [2] [3]

  7. What Is the Death Tax? - AOL

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    You pay taxes all your life -- but does another tax bill come due when you die? The U.S. has two kinds of so-called death taxes: the estate tax, which is levied by the federal government and ...

  8. 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.

  9. States With Inheritance Tax - AOL

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    States With Estate Tax. State. Tax Rates. Exemption Limit. Due Date. Connecticut. 7.2% to 12%. $2.6 million. 9 months after the date of the decedent’s death