death tax

• Término coloquial para referirse al impuesto sobre la herencia o al impuesto sobre el patrimonio, utilizado a menudo en debates políticos para criticar o describir los tributos que gravan los bienes transmitidos tras la muerte de una persona.

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.

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   • 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.