Pennsylvania Estate Tax. To another article about Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax. To an article about Federal Estate Tax. Back to the Home Page. For some very large estates, this credit entirely offsets the burden of the inheritance tax.
Some state governments levy both inheritance and estate taxes.
You cannot avoid death and taxes, but the federal government makes sure you can t face the former without the latter. Treasury of the estate tax, let him. A federal estate tax, and in some states, state inheritance taxes, may be assessed against property owned by a decedent at death. Estate tax absorbs credit allowed against federal estate tax for state death taxes paid. Back to Top of State Inheritance Tax and Other Transfer Taxes.