Tag Archives: Estate Tax
The case for the death tax continues to crumble, if there ever was any
As David Logan of the Tax Foundation noted in a recent public testimony, proponents of a tax on one’s estate at death mistakenly emphasize three outcomes. The break up of large concentrations of wealth Given that wealthy people are likely to bequeath to multiple people anyway, this is, to a large degree, a non-issue. The wealth is alreadyContinue Reading
Constituents ready for an end to NC’s death tax
The Civitas Institute’s latest poll ought to give comfort to anyone seeking to eliminate North Carolina’s death (estate) tax. An overwhelming majority of likely voters in the state—two thirds—oppose it. In fact, only 25 percent of the 600 individuals surveyed either somewhat or strongly support the death tax. The tax goes up to 16 percentContinue Reading