death tax

• Termo coloquial e politicamente carregado para o imposto sobre herança ou imposto sobre o patrimônio transmitido após a morte de alguém, usado em debates para criticar ou descrever esses tributos.

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.

   Imposto sobre herança

   • 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.