The State of Minnesota's recent budget brings it closer to joining the thirty-two (32) states that do not impose a state inheritance or estate tax in addition to the federal estate tax. The state budget increases the estate tax exemption amount to $2.1 million for 2017 (from the current $1.8 million level). The change is retroactive to January 1, 2017, and includes incremental increases in the exemption amount to $2.4 million in 2018, $2.7 million in 2019, and $3 million by 2020. The Minnesota estate tax doesn’t have a portability provision and tops out at 16%.
