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Should the current estate tax rate be decreased?

The estate tax is a tax that is levied on all property that is declared in a deceased person’s will. The tax is also known as the “inheritance tax” or “death tax.” In 2016, the estate tax rate is 40% and only applies to estates with a value greater than $5.45 million. In 2015 5,300 estates in the U.S. were subject to the tax and paid $18.4 billion in taxes. Proponents of the tax, including Hillary Clinton, argue that more estates should be subject to the tax and the threshold should be lowered from $5.45 million to $3.5 million. Opponents of the tax, including Donald Trump, argue that people who have paid income taxes their entire life should not be subject to another tax when they die.

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Yes
45%
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48%
Yes
38%
No
7%
Yes, and we should eliminate it
6%
No, I am satisfied with the current rate
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No, and increase it at a progressive rate

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 @8NK6PJ6 from Kansas  answered…6yrs6Y

Not sufficiently well-informed to make a judgement.

 @9RV4TYK from Idaho  answered…2yrs2Y

Inheritance of anything other than real estate should be banned in order to limit the cycles of generational wealth and poverty. When they die, a person's assets should be reclaimed by the government and placed into the Universal Basic Income fund.

 @9VJZZCG from Maryland  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and we should eliminate it because it hurts farmers and their families who don’t have the money to pay taxes on such large properties once the owner dies.

 @8XLR4JX  from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

No, it should mirror a progressive tax equivalent to both the deceased and the inheritant’s respective incomes.

 @9RH3CPQ from Georgia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only for people who live in the house they own. People who own multiple residences should have increased taxes.

 @9RR7JNS from Virginia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, the tax system is too convoluted and a flat wealth tax should be considered as opposed to several different tax types

 @98YQQNB from Kentucky  answered…3yrs3Y

Make all land public

 @8ZMCHXD from Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

it should progressively increase as the value of the estate grows higher. (small estate - no tax, medium - 10 to 20 percent - large, up to 45 percent

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