Noun

Singular inheritance

Plural countable and uncountable; plural inheritances

inheritance (countable and uncountable; plural inheritances)

  1. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  2. (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  3. (biology) The hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to their offspring.
  4. (computing) In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

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Wed Feb 10 07:46:45 2010

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.

Terminology

In common law jurisdictions, an heir is a person who is entitled to receive a share of the decedent's property, via the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death. Strictly speaking, one becomes an heir only upon the death of the decedent. It is improper to speak of the "heir" of a living person, since the exact identity of the persons entitled to inherit are not determined until the time of death. In a case where an individual has such a position that only her/his own death before that of the decedent would prevent the individual from becoming an heir, the individual is called an heir apparent. There is a further concept of jointly inheriting, pending renunciation by all but one, which is called coparceny.

In modern legal use, the terms inheritance and heir refer only to succession of property from a decedent who has died intestate (that is, without a will). It is a common mistake to refer to the recipients of property through a will as heirs when they are properly called beneficiaries, devisees, or legatees.

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Sat Feb 13 22:47:04 2010

How do I calculate estate & inheritance taxes for a life policy?
Q. I am putting a client in a $4Mil life insurance policy and its my first one. Do you know how I can calulate his estate and inheritance taxes? He owns about $1.5 Mill in real estate. Thank you.
Asked by dillan - Sat Feb 21 18:30:17 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It is my understanding that if the proceeds of a life insurance policy go directly to the beneficiary, then there is no Estate Tax since the proceeds are not part of the estate. There is also no Income Tax on the proceeds of an insurance policy. There would only be Estate Tax if the proceeds of the policy were paid directly into the estate thus becoming part of the estate's value. Only if the estate were valued at over $3.5 million in 2009 would there be an Estate Tax paid by the estate before the estate is disbursed. As to Inheritance Tax, each state is different and Inheritance Taxes are paid by the recipient of the Inheritance. Some states, like California, have no Inheritance Tax, while other states, like New Jersey do. However,… [cont.]
Answered by Jeanne R - Sun Feb 22 10:51:09 2009

Inheritance Share of Legit and Illegitimate kids in Philippine Law?
Q. What's the sharing if for example there's a wife, 3 legit kids, and 5 illegitimate kids? Can you guys show what percentage each person gets? Also if for example the dad transfers all the properties to the legal kids years before he dies will it still count as inheritance and therefore still subject to be divided equally? One last thing, if there is a will can he will everything to the legal kids and wife and leave nothing to the illegitimate kids? Thanks!
Asked by Evil Ash - Sat May 23 00:15:33 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
how can my 2 children skip paying inheritance tax on property that I will give when I return to Philippines?
Q. I am working on my retirement back home(5 years more) but I will not sell the house but leave it to my 2 daughters. Will they pay inheritance tax if the market value of the house is close to 300K pounds?
Asked by Julie old tune - Mon Aug 27 05:38:23 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. if you give it to your daughters you dont pay inheritance tax but if you die within seven years your daughters will be come liable to pay the tax the threshold for inheritance tax is 285000 so you are 15000 over remember you pay tax on the whole amount not just the amount over. if you want to save money see a solictor and have your daughters made tenants in situte i have spelt it wrong but you get the idea then they wont have to pay inheritance tax at all
Answered by confucious says - Mon Aug 27 05:47:25 2007

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