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Definition of Death tax
1. Noun. A tax on the estate of the deceased person.
Definition of Death tax
1. Noun. A misnomer for inheritance tax used by proponents of its abolition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Tax
Literary usage of Death tax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"Consequently, a majority of states have adopted state death tax systems that ...
In the long run, states may choose to change their own death tax rules to ..."
2. Oecd Glossaries Economics Glossary: Edition 2006-Glossaires de L'Ocde by Oecd (2006)
"... impôts courants sur le patrimoine net [SCN] current taxes on other assets
impôts courants sur les autres actifs [SCN] death tax <us> syn. estate tax, ..."
3. Taxation and Household Saving: Country Surveys = Fiscalité Et épargne Des by Oecd, OECD Staff (1994)
"Gifts made within three years of death are taxed at the death tax rate; gifts
made between 3 and 7 years before death are taxed at a tapering rate. ..."
4. The Methods of Taxation Compared with the Established Principles of Justice by David MacGregor Means (1909)
"... is the essential fact, a tax then imposed is most accurately named a death-
duty, or death-tax; and this name is also preferable because of its brevity. ..."
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