Other States
This is not a complete list of all states that collect death taxes. It’s just those where the tax tab has the potential to get pretty high in one way or another.
Pennsylvania and Iowa also collect an inheritance tax, but the highest rates top out at 15 percent as of 2018.
Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont also collect an estate tax, but their rates are somewhat less grievous than those in Washington, and they don’t double-dip the way Maryland does, imposing an inheritance tax as well.
Indiana used to have an inheritance tax, but it got rid of it in 2013. Tennessee repealed its estate tax in 2016, and Delaware did the same in 2018. New York is set to increase its estate tax exemption to match the federal exemption of $11.4 million in 2019, and the District of Columbia has announced that it intends to do so eventually as well, although a target date has not been set yet.
