Inheritance tax – the most unfair tax of all. I’m 77 years old. I’ve worked all my life and paid taxes on everything I own. And yet, when I die, my children or grandchildren will have to pay tax AGAIN ...

A bill recently reintroduced in Pennsylvania could eliminate the state's inheritance tax currently levied on properties transferred from an individual to their heirs after they pass. According to the ...

HARRISBURG — Up to $100,000 in assets passed down from a deceased relative to their kin would be exempt from Pennsylvania’s inheritance tax under a bill that advanced Wednesday within the state Senate ...

That’s particularly true in a handful of states where an inheritance tax still applies. Unlike federal estate taxes, which affect only the ultrawealthy, these state-level taxes can hit ordinary heirs.

An inheritance tax is levied when a beneficiary inherits assets from the estate of someone who died. There is no federal inheritance tax, but five states currently levy this tax: Kentucky, Maryland, ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both.