By Sea Sitka is a year-round port of call for the Alaska Marine Highway System (1-800-642-0066, www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/). These state-operated ferries provide an extraordinary opportunity to navigate the Inside Passage at a leisurely pace.
Spouses in community property states are generally entitled to take all community property at death, and half in the case of divorce. If the husband inherited the property, or took title to it before the marriage, for example, the wife would not automatically be entitled to a share of it.
Back to our question of whether you pay or not. No, you do not have to pay inheritance tax if the deceased person is your spouse. There is no inheritance involved if you are inheriting your spouse s property. Yes, you have to pay inheritance tax if you are a direct descendant of the deceased person.ifts have to be less than $10,000 per year to escape a gift levy by the IRS. Inheritance tax is considered similar to a double indemnity. Joe Schmoe pays income tax all his life for his hard earned money. Fine, he doesn t complain.