Introduction. An inheritance tax is a state tax that you pay when you receive money or property from the estate of a deceased person. Unlike the federal estate tax, the beneficiary of the property is responsible for paying the tax, not the estate.However, as of 2014, only eight states impose an inheritance tax.he tax amount is calculated separately for each individual beneficiary, and the beneficiary must pay the tax. For example, a state may charge a 5 percent tax on all inheritances larger than $2 million. Therefore, if your friend leaves you $5 million in his will, you only pay tax on $3 million, which is $150,000.
Recent data released by the American Association of Trial Lawyers shows that 81 percent of all divorce cases in the last year used some form of evidence from a social media site when presenting their case.
Find The Data crunched the numbers using data from the 2013 Census' American Community Survey (head to the site and click on individual states for a more in-depth look at marriage rates). It's interesting to note that the actual divorce rate in the U.S. isn't as high as most people think. Though it's often quoted that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, a recent New York Times' piece suggested that the divorce rate has actually been dropping for some time now.