death duty
Estate transfer levy
Death duty is a tax levied on the estate of someone who has died, based on the value of property and assets transferred to heirs.
The term is chiefly British and somewhat dated; inheritance tax and estate tax are now more common.
The plural death duties appears frequently: The family sold the manor house to pay death duties.
Will validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
bequest · legacy · heir · intestate · succession · trust · trustee · assets
Levy on bequeathed assets
- estate taxLevy on inherited wealth
- levyCompulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- revenueBusiness income total
exchequer · treasury · fiscal · collection · threshold · exemption · allowance · rate
probate
Will validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
testament · bequest · legacy · heir · intestate · succession · trust · trustee · assets · administration
inheritance tax
Levy on bequeathed assets
- estate taxLevy on inherited wealth
- levyCompulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
revenue · exchequer · treasury · fiscal · collection · threshold · exemption · allowance · rate · liability
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
condolences · sympathy · memorial · widow · widower · orphan · bereaved · survivors · family · dependents
- death lawprobate, estate tax, inheritance tax, inheritance law, executor
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- ancient taxesannona, munera, poll tax, head tax, land tax
- estate taxesestate tax, inheritance tax, transfer tax, estate planning, charitable deduction
- British EconomyBank of England, pound sterling, sterling, GDP, budget deficit
- feudal leviescorvee, feudal levy, quit-rent, wardship, manorial dues
death dutyincome tax
Government charge on earnings
baby bonus · living wage · earned income · payroll tax · maternity benefit
death dutyincome tax
Government charge on earnings
payroll tax · capital gains tax · sales tax · consumption tax · property tax
death, duty, deadly, indebted, deathless, deceased, dead, deathlike, deadening