inheritance tax
noun
1
: a tax on a decedent's net estate that is levied after the estate is transmitted to the inheritors
2
: death tax
especially
: estate tax
Examples of inheritance tax in a Sentence
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Lesperance, a former non-dom in Britain during the late 1990s, said one billionaire client’s trust holdings would increase his UK inheritance tax liability more than 1,000% to about £400 million due to Labour’s non-dom reforms.
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Eli Joseph, Fortune Europe, 6 June 2024
Some recent examples include the current new Norwegian wealth and exit tax or just the high tax burden of other European countries like France with a high inheritance tax.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
But the big house on the estate had been blown up, because of the death duty (inheritance tax).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
The best way to avoid the inheritance tax is to manage assets before death.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
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Eli Joseph, Fortune Europe, 6 June 2024
Some recent examples include the current new Norwegian wealth and exit tax or just the high tax burden of other European countries like France with a high inheritance tax.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
But the big house on the estate had been blown up, because of the death duty (inheritance tax).
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
The best way to avoid the inheritance tax is to manage assets before death.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Inheritance tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inheritance%20tax. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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