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March 8, 2021
Death and taxes may be the only certainties in life, but death taxes are only a remote possibility for most people. The vast majority of Americans won't ever have or give away enough to owe estate or gift taxes.
Far more people could be affected if a tax break that benefits heirs is eliminated. While campaigning for president, Joe Biden proposed doing away with something called the “step-up in basis” that allows people to minimize or avoid capital gains taxes on inherited assets. But no legislation has been proposed yet, and such a change could have a tough time getting approved by a divided Congress.
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