How to Use estate tax in a Sentence

estate tax

noun
  • For instance, he may be pressed to drop his bid to end the estate tax.
    — Heidi M Przybyla, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Some states have their own estate tax rules that don’t align with federal ones.
    — Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Some states also have a state-level estate tax.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Obama took the estate tax to zero.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • One group that may not be happy with the new estate tax is the heirs of wealthy families.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 May 2025
  • By transferring wealth to heirs early, the rich can avoid the estate tax.
    — Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • For estate tax purposes, the stakes are equally high.
    — Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • House Democrats want more wealthy Americans to pay the estate tax.
    — Rachel Louise Ensign, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2021
  • But most Americans, even the very rich, will never pay any gift or estate tax.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
  • Then comes the estate tax, which, at 40%, is among the highest in the federal code.
    — Jesse Eisinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2021
  • Then comes the estate tax, which, at 40%, is among the highest in the federal code.
    — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 8 June 2021
  • The time to perfect your estate plan and estate tax plan is NOW!
    — Jeff Camarda, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The most important tax change for the wealthy in the House proposal is the estate tax.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 May 2025
  • But federal estate tax revenue has barely budged over the last few decades due to loopholes.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • The bill would also make large cuts to the estate tax, a levy on inheritances charged only to the very wealthy.
    — Jeff Stein, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The bill would also make large cuts to the estate tax, a levy on inheritances charged only to the very wealthy.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • And in the United States, the estate tax has been gutted by tax cuts and strategies to dodge it.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • So, the estate tax is taxed on the estate and the estate pays it before assets are distributed.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • An outside analysis found the plan would not add to the federal deficit because of changes to the estate tax.
    — Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
  • Before now, the previous best year to die was 2010 when the estate tax took a gap year.
    — Houston Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
  • As a result, repealing the estate tax would turn existing estate plans on their head.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
  • Kessler’s real-estate tax issues date back to 2010, Philip said.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Those at the top end will benefit from the reduction of rates and the elimination of the estate tax.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The election is made when the executor makes a timely filing of an estate tax return for the deceased spouse.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And the estate tax was so much, the children would have to go out and borrow a lot of money from unfriendly bankers, in many cases.
    — Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2019
  • And the estate tax was so much, the children would have to go out and borrow a lot of money from unfriendly bankers, in many cases.
    — Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 17 June 2019
  • That means that the federal estate tax returned in 2011.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The bottom line is that repealing the estate tax may hurt both taxpayers and the government.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
  • Revenue from the estate tax has been sliced in half in two years, said Ben Steverman in Bloomberg.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The estate tax is another classic supply-side target.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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