State inheritance taxes can affect heirs even when federal estate taxes are avoided, making careful planning essential.

If you’re lucky enough to have inherited some assets from someone who died, you might not feel so lucky when you discover you may owe taxes on them. Depending on where the person who died lived, how ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Probate Law: Judge's Gavel as a symbol of legal system, Themis is the goddess ...

Life insurance sales surged last year as families looked for ways to to pay inheritance tax bills, following the Autumn ...