Claim: What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."
Fact-check: Only 2 in 1,000 pay the "death tax"?
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2017-10-27T00:00:00