Filing status of a federal taxpayer has an immediate impact on the tax rate applied to taxable income. Consider a taxpayer, whose filing status is Single, with a taxable income of $50,000. Per the 2010 Tax Table, the tax liability would have been $8,675, for an average tax rate of 17.35 percent.
Escheat /áµ»sËtÊiËt/ is a common law doctrine that transfers the property of a person who died without heirs to the crown or state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in limbo without recognized ownership.
Escheat ensures that property always has a recognized owner, which would be the state or government if no other claimants to ownership exist. Most jurisdictions have their own laws and regulations defining escheat and the circumstances under which it can be invoked.