It is tempting to think that the budget conflicts in Washington today are something new and different from an ongoing dialogue going on for at least 25 years and more. The most recent major discussion ...

The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings sweeping and permanent changes to the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax landscape. Most notably, it ...

The world of estate planning for farmers has changed dramatically after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This permanently increased the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption to $15 ...

While the federal estate tax exemption rose to $15 million in 2025, New York’s exemption remains at about $7.16 million, with a “cliff” that heavily taxes estates just above that amount. Proper ...

For those who have a gut feeling that the richest Americans are getting richer while the rest of us are getting poorer or just treading water, the evidence is that they are right. Not since the start ...

These 33 states charge no inheritance or estate tax, meaning your heirs can keep more of what you leave behind instead of ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. A ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax, Initiative Petition 51, is moving forward even ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Congressional Republicans are advancing a proposal to permanently ...

The estate tax only applies in select circumstances. But when it does, this tax on the value of a deceased person's estate can result in a sizable bill. If President Trump's tax-and-spending bill is ...

The final 1040 could be just the beginning. What estate executors and survivors need to know about retirement accounts, ...