The federal estate tax exemption increased again for 2026. Yet, the higher, IRS-inflation-adjusted number might not come as a surprise to most who have been watching the news. Enacted on July 4, 2025, ...

Estate and gift tax rules are shifting quickly, and the window to lock in today's generous exemptions is closing as the 2026 ...

Separately, the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption (the amount you can transfer over your lifetime and at death before paying federal estate or gift tax) is scheduled to rise to an ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nothing is more certain than death and taxes, Benjamin Franklin famously declared. And, since 1916, the federal government has imposed an estate tax on the transfer of property ...

Advisors can use the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in three types of strategies under the new tax environment that the bill creates.

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 ...

As it stands, only a tiny fraction of America's wealthy are ever subjected to the estate tax. Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images Nothing is more certain than death and taxes, Benjamin Franklin ...