However, the Massachusetts estate tax threshold is considerably lower. If your taxable estate (including any taxable gifts made during your lifetime) totals $1 million or more, your estate must file a Massachusetts estate tax return and you may owe Massachusetts estate tax.
Federal Estate Tax. The federal estate tax has a much higher exemption level than the Massachusetts’ estate tax. The estate tax exemption has risen to $11.18 million for 2018. Unlike the Massachusetts estate tax exemption, the federal exemption is portable between spouses.
Even when the gross estate is less than $1 million, a Massachusetts estate tax may still be owed if enough taxable gifts were made during lifetime so that the sum of the gross estate and the taxable gifts exceed the Filing Threshold.
Massachusetts estate tax brackets range from 0.8% to 16% (for estates over $10 million). The estate tax is computed in graduated rates based on the total value of the estate.
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Massachusetts has its own
estate tax, which is imposed on any
estate valued at more than $1 million. A
Massachusetts estate tax return must be submitted if the gross value …
