State Tax Maps

Estate & Inheritance Tax

State estate and inheritance taxes. Federal estate tax ($13.99M exemption) applies everywhere above that threshold.

TY 2025
No estate or inheritance tax
Estate tax
Inheritance tax
Both (MD only)
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TY2025. Estate tax: levied on the decedent's estate before distribution. Inheritance tax: levied on the beneficiary's receipt; rates vary by class. MD has both. 12 states + DC have an estate tax (including MD); 4 states have an inheritance tax only (KY, NE, NJ, PA). Lifetime buckets: CT levies the only state gift tax (unified with its estate exemption); NY, MN, and VT claw back taxable gifts made within 3, 3, and 2 years of death. Everywhere else, lifetime gifts (including deathbed gifts) escape state estate tax.