> In general, if you can't afford a lawyer to set up paperwork, you won't have enough to trigger the tax, though. The outrage about the inheritance tax is generally misplaced.

The outrage is that it's a trap for the unwary. Billionaires don't pay it but family businesses who didn't realize they had assets in excess of the threshold do, or people who die young before doing the preparation.

If you can avoid it just by hiring an accountant then it shouldn't exist.