How to Use inheritance tax in a Sentence

inheritance tax

noun
  • Your state may also have rules on estate tax and inheritance tax to know.
    — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • There's no federal inheritance tax, though there has been in the past.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The state also was tied for first with other states that have no estate or inheritance tax.
    — Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The best way to avoid the inheritance tax is to manage assets before death.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The best way to avoid the inheritance tax is to manage assets before death.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The best way to avoid the inheritance tax is to manage assets before death.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • Maryland is the only state to impose both an estate tax and an inheritance tax.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Maryland is the only state to impose both an estate tax and an inheritance tax.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Making this state even more budget-friendly, there is no sales tax, estate tax, or inheritance tax.
    — Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Another is that Maryland has both a state estate and an inheritance tax.
    — William P. Barrett, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Some states also impose their own estate or inheritance tax, which informs the terms of their citizens’ wills.
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The standard deduction and inheritance tax exemptions will be cut in half.
    — Ryan Ellis, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • That is unlikely to be the case for most of their offspring, who will also probably avoid paying inheritance tax.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There is a special legal clause in place that exempts the Queen from paying inheritance tax on the estate left by her mother.
    — Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The inheritance tax threshold at $750,000 would have seemed extreme two years ago.
    — Greg Raiff, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • High inheritance taxes mean Japan has fewer moguls than other rich places, hence fewer people who might be keen to build and run posh hotels.
    — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • This means that the king inherited all of the queen's massive wealth directly—without paying a shilling of inheritance tax.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 6 May 2023
  • 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
  • The Equality State has no income tax, no estate or inheritance tax, a low sales tax, and a low property tax.
    — Dakota Kim, Sunset Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Despite the settlement and a hefty state inheritance tax bill, there still was plenty of money for Scaife’s anti-tax causes.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Alternatively, there are life insurance policies that pay out to cover the cost of inheritance tax.
    — Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Florida, which does not have a state income tax or inheritance tax, has long been a place for the wealthy to escape the higher taxes of the Northeast.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Florida, which does not have a state income tax or an inheritance tax, has long been a place for the wealthy to escape the higher taxes of the Northeast.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The inheritance tax rate is 50% in South Korea and that can inch higher for the transfer of company shares.
    — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Mitch McConnell has gone predictably berserk over the prospect of increasing the inheritance tax by taxing capital gains at death.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 June 2021

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