death tax
Inheritance government charge
Death tax is a disparaging term for the estate tax, an inheritance tax, or both.
It is used by those who oppose such taxes and want to frame them as unfair burdens on families after a loved one's passing.
The term emphasizes that the tax is triggered by someone's death, though critics of the phrase note that the tax applies to wealth transfers, not to dying itself.
Politicians campaigned on eliminating the death tax.
Gift left by will
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- decedentLegal term for deceased
- executorAppointed estate manager
- probateWill validation proceedings
trusts · will · heirs · succession · testamentary · intestate · legacy · fiduciary
Official enactment of statutes
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- repealAnnul a statute
amendment · congressional · constitutionality · bipartisanship · federal · IRS · revenue · fiscal policy
Loyalty to one faction
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- spinRapid rotation around axis
talking point · soundbite · messaging · political · conservative · repeal · reform · lobbying
Successive family rulers
- generationalRelating to age groups
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
aristocracy · billionaire · millionaire · landed · patrimony · privilege · redistribution · fairness
bequest
Gift left by will
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- decedentLegal term for deceased
- executorAppointed estate manager
probate · trusts · will · heirs · succession · testamentary · intestate · legacy · fiduciary · valuation
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
repeal · amendment · congressional · constitutionality · bipartisanship · federal · IRS · revenue · fiscal policy · wealth transfer
partisanship
Loyalty to one faction
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
spin · talking point · soundbite · messaging · political · conservative · repeal · reform · lobbying · activism
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- generationalRelating to age groups
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
concentration · aristocracy · billionaire · millionaire · landed · patrimony · privilege · redistribution · fairness · meritocracy
- taxestaxes, withholding, VAT, GST, federal taxes
- chargesfees, surcharges, levies, service charges, service fees
- death lawprobate, inheritance law, executor, beneficiary, intestate
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- estate taxesestate planning, charitable deduction, portability, probate, decedent
- probateexecutor, probate court, probate, beneficiary, executors
death taxincome tax
Government charge on earnings
payroll tax · wage tax · living wage · sales tax · capital gains tax
death taxincome tax
Government charge on earnings
wage tax · sales tax · consumption tax · property tax · capital gains tax
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