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DELAWARE REPEALS ITS ESTATE TAX EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 2018

♠ Posted by Marc J. Soss in 2018 state estate taxes,Delaware repeals estate tax,Estate planning attorney,estate taxes,florida estate planning,florida probate lawyer,inheritance tax

Effective January 1, 2018, Delaware residents will no longer be subject to a state estate tax. Delaware becomes one of the thirty-three (33) states that do not impose either estate or inheritance taxes or both. The repeal is the result of Democratic Governor John Carney Jr. signing a stand-alone estate tax repeal bill. One estate lawyer commented “[t]he very wealthy don’t have to move down to Florida.” The Governor and legislature recognized that that if wealthy folks stay in Delaware, instead of changing their residency to avoid the state estate tax, the state will generate more revenue from personal income tax than estate taxes (high of $16.2 million in 2011, and a low of $1.3 million in 2014).

MINNESOTA RAISES ITS ESTATE TAX EXEMPTION FOR 2017 AND BEYOND

♠ Posted by Marc J. Soss in 2017 federal estate tax exemption,florida estate plan,florida estate planning,inheritance tax,Minnesota 2017 estate tax reform,retirement planning

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%.

STATE ESTATES AND INHERITANCE TAXES IN 2017

♠ Posted by Marc J. Soss in 2017 Federal Estate Tax,asset protection planning,estate planning,ESTATE TAX ELIMINATION,inheritance tax,retirement planning,Sarasota retirement planning,state death taxes,state estate tax exemption

For years it has been discussed that for estate tax purposes it was better to die a resident of certain states than others. The following is an updated list, as of January 1, 2017, of the states which impose a "death or inheritance tax" on its residents and those who follow the Federal Estate Tax Exemption amount. Good States in Which to Die a Resident: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Bad States in Which to Die a Resident: Connecticut ($2,000,000), Delaware ($5,490,000), District of Columbia ($2,000,000), Hawaii ($5,490,000), Illinois ($4,000,000), Iowa (inheritance tax on transfers to others than lineal ascendants and descendants), Kentucky (separate inheritance tax), Maine (estate tax and no portability), Maryland ($3,000,000), Massachusetts ($1,000,000), Minnesota ($1,800,000), Nebraska (County Inheritance Tax), New Jersey ($2,000,000), New York ($4,187,500 for April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 and then $5,250,000 for April 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018), Oregon ($1,000,000), Pennsylvania (Inheritance Tax), Rhode Island ($1,500,000), Vermont ($2,750,000), and Washington ($2,129,000).