How to Use inheritance tax in a Sentence

inheritance tax

noun
  • But on Sunday, voters will go to the polls to vote on an inheritance tax that has riled them up.
    — Carolin Roth, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Florida has no estate or inheritance tax, and no income tax.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Florida has no estate or inheritance tax, and no income tax.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The inheritance tax threshold at $750,000 would have seemed extreme two years ago.
    — Greg Raiff, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • At the heart of the potential flight are changes to the British tax system, from capital gains and inheritance tax to extra stamp duty rates.
    — Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More estates will be dragged into paying inheritance tax while changes targeting wealthy ‘non-dom’ residents also kick in.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Alternatively, there are life insurance policies that pay out to cover the cost of inheritance tax.
    — Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Under the proposals raised by City economists, war bonds would be exempt from 40% inheritance tax.
    — Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Pennsylvania subjected everything she was left to inheritance tax at the state’s top 15% rate.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Okamura added that inheritance tax rules have forced founding families to sell stakes, which has boosted market liquidity.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Texas does not have these types of taxes, though there is a federal estate tax and there used to be a state inheritance tax that was eliminated in 2015.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The register of wills collects and manages inheritance tax — a tax paid by heirs who receive money, property or other assets from the estate of a deceased person.
    — Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Once approved, residents are subject to Spain’s worldwide tax system and potential inheritance tax.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In it, the Treasury said that Charles had agreed to pay income tax, capital gains taxes for sales of his private holdings and investments, and inheritance tax.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 24 June 2026
  • The Treasury said in the report that Charles had agreed to pay income tax, capital gains taxes for sales of his private holdings and investments, and inheritance tax.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • Older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable to scams, and the latest target appears to be inheritance tax.
    — Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that still imposes an inheritance tax–a tax on transfers from a person who has died to the people who inherit, with rates based on the category of recipient.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Antigua and Barbuda also offers tax advantages, with no personal income tax, capital gains tax or inheritance tax — and citizenship is granted for life.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • For example, spouses can pass assets to each other tax-free, but for those not married, anything worth above £325,000 in a deceased person’s estate could face an inheritance tax charge.
    — Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
  • Although Britain's sovereign is exempt from paying income tax under law, Charles voluntarily pays income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax under an agreement with the government.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Each county has its own Register of Wills Office, and all inheritance tax money collected in each county goes into Maryland’s General Fund.
    — Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The government dropped a plan to end winter home heating subsidies for millions of retirees, reversed itself on tough plans to cut welfare spending and eased a new agricultural inheritance tax after angry farmers protested and clogged the streets of London with tractors.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • The arrangement would appeal to older generations with large savings in particular, especially after the Labour government imposed inheritance tax on pension assets and applied a surcharge to high value homes.
    — Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Charles reveals tax bill By law, the British king is not obliged to pay income, capital gains or inheritance tax, but Charles, like his mother did after 1993, has voluntarily done so without disclosing the amounts.
    — CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • Since taking up farming in 2019, Clarkson has become an outspoken agriculture advocate who has railed against the government’s decision to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026

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