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During President Trump's first term, he overhauled the tax code with his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Many of those provisions are set to expire at the end of 2025. Read Next: 7 Tax Loopholes...
Here are some ways your taxes may change in 2025 and beyond. Tax benefits for small businesses. The TCJA lowered the corporate tax rate for businesses to a flat 21 percent, from a graduated system ...
The modest tax break can significantly help and the good news is there have been adjustments to the EITC for the 2025 tax year, which means more families could be eligible and possibly receive a ...
For deaths occurring between 2018 and 2025, estates that exceed $11.2 million are subject to a 40% estate tax at time of death, increased from $5.6 million previously. For a married couple aggregating their exemptions, an estate exceeding $22.4 million is subject to a 40% estate tax at time of death. [38]
However, the estate tax exclusion — the amount of your estate that’s shielded from federal taxes — will climb to $13.99 million in 2025, up from $13.61 million in 2024.
In 2004, the average tax burden of the federal estate tax was 0% for the bottom 80% of the population by household. The average tax burden of the estate tax for the top 20% was $1,362. The table below gives a general impression of the spread of estate taxes by income. A certain dollar amount of every estate can be exempted from tax, however.
Delaware and Hawaii allowed their taxes to expire after Congress repealed the credit for state estate taxes, but reenacted the taxes in 2010. Exemption amounts under the state estate taxes vary, ranging from the federal estate tax exemption amount or $5.34 million, indexed for inflation (two states) to $675,000 (New Jersey).
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 ...