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New NY budget eases ‘death tax,’ raises minimum taxable inheritance amount

The state has made adjustments to the so-called "death tax." Up until now, anyone inheriting an estate valued at $1 million had to pay at least 10 percent of the total value in taxes. The new state

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Apr 11, 2014, 11:06 PM

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