If your brother lives for at least seven years after giving you the money, the gift will be exempt from inheritance tax. If he dies within seven years, the value of his gift to you would be added to his estate and any tax due would be paid out of his estate.
: Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects Rules for using causal reasoning 1. It can be difficult to establish clear cause/effect relationships 2. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.
A general metaphysical question about cause and effect is what kind of entity can be a cause, and what kind of entity can be an effect. One viewpoint on this question is that cause and effect are of one and the same kind of entity, with causality an asymmetric relation between them.