death tax

• Umgangssprachlicher Begriff für die Erbschaftsteuer oder die Nachlasssteuer, der oft in politischen Debatten verwendet wird, um Steuern auf das nach dem Tod einer Person übertragene Vermögen zu kritisieren oder zu beschreiben.

A colloquial term for an inheritance tax or estate tax, often used in political debates to criticize or describe taxes imposed on property transferred after a person's death.

1. Estate taxC1formalamerican

   A tax imposed on the transfer of the estate of a deceased person, often informally called a death tax.

   Erbschaftsteuer

   • The government imposes a death tax on large inheritances.
   • Many families plan their finances to minimize the death tax burden.
   • The debate over the death tax continues in Congress.