real estate tax
real estate tax 不动产税 一种最常见的直接财产税,根据不动产的评估价值征收税款。
A tax imposed on the transfer of property by will or by intestate succession. — Also termed death tax; death duty. Cf. inheritance tax. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4145; Taxation 856.1. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 500–502; Taxation §§ 1783–1785, 1792.]
estate tax 〈美〉遗产税 对因死亡而转移的财产所征收的税。该税种系针对死者的全部遗产而不是对每一个继承人所继承的那一部分遗产所征之税。遗产税与继承税〔inheritance tax〕不同,后者是对继承人就其已经继承取得的部分遗产所征收的税。
A tax credit applied against the federal unified transfer tax. IRC (26 USCA) § 2001(c)(2). — Often shortened to unified credit. — Also termed applicable exclusion credit. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4182.30. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 541.]
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A decedent’s gross estate reduced by allowable deductions (such as administration costs and ESOP deductions). IRC (26 USCA) § 2051. • The taxable estate is the amount that is subject to the federal unified transfer tax at death. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4168–4182.30. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 500, 512, 525–538, 541–546.]
A tax levied on the transfer of property by will or intestate succession to a person other than the spouse, a parent, or a descendant of the decedent. Cf. legacy tax. [Cases: Taxation 856.1. C.J.S. Taxation §§ 1783–1785, 1792.]
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The federal transfer tax imposed equally on property transferred during life or at death. • Until 1977, gift-tax rates were lower than estate taxes. — Also termed unified estate-and-gift tax.
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estate planning. 1. The preparation for the distribution and management of a person’s estate at death through the use of wills, trusts, insurance policies, and other arrangements, esp. to reduce administration costs and transfer-tax liability. [Cases: Wills 1–20. C.J.S. Conflict of Laws § 72; Wills§§ 1–3, 53–87, 93–95, 97–98, 103–104, 106–132, 172, 174, 381.] 2.