Today the Tennessee Inheritance Tax exemption (for 2015) is raised to $5,000,000.00. Next year the Tennessee Inheritance Tax will be abolished. Starting January 1, 2016 (for those who die on or after that date) there will no longer be any Tennessee Inheritance Tax obligations. The Federal Estate Tax exemption (for 2015) was raised to $5,430,000.00 today. It is indexed to inflation and should go up each year. As a result, these taxes rarely come into play when dealing with estate planning in Tennessee unless you have a very large estate. Happy New Year!
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