death tax

• Terme informel désignant un impôt prélevé sur la succession ou le patrimoine transmis après le décès d'une personne, souvent utilisé dans les débats politiques pour critiquer ou décrire les taxes sur les biens hérités.

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.

   Impôt sur les successions

   • 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.