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A comment on ProPublica's tax story. Parent comment

Re:ProPublica's tax story by wmf on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:32PM (#27441948)
Isn't the basis stepped up after estate tax is paid? So if you die holding stock no tax is avoided.
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Re:ProPublica's tax story by vmh1928 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:59PM (#27443382)
any capital asset is stepped up currently.

https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/estate-planning/602701/...

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