What is a 'Tax Rate'. A tax rate is the percentage at which an individual or corporation is taxed. The tax rate is the tax imposed by the federal government and some states based on an individual's taxable income or a corporation's earnings. The United States uses a progressive tax rate system, where the percentage of tax increases as taxable income. Next Up.
Escheat is the reversion of property to a state when that property is lacking claimants or heirs. In the oil & gas industry, the property is usually an unclaimed oil and gas royalty or override payment.
Escheat definition, the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim. See more.