Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: To be clear: #InheritanceTax is a tax on unearned income coming to the recipients, ...
To be clear: #InheritanceTax is a tax on unearned income coming to the recipients, not a tax on those who've died.
Lets start there & ask why people should be advantaged in life by the accident of having rich(er) but now dead parents?
You'll want to claim a 'right' to give things to your children, but given the law (except in particular circumstances) doesn't support contesting wills on the basis of a 'right' to inherit, why do we privilege the interests of the dead?
Just thinking aloud
Lets start there & ask why people should be advantaged in life by the accident of having rich(er) but now dead parents?
You'll want to claim a 'right' to give things to your children, but given the law (except in particular circumstances) doesn't support contesting wills on the basis of a 'right' to inherit, why do we privilege the interests of the dead?
Just thinking aloud