What is New York’s Estate Tax Cliff? (2021)
As part of Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, the U.S. federal estate tax exemption amount increased to approximately $11.7 million per individual or $23.4 million per couple (for 2021). As a result, many families are no longer subject to this federal estate tax due to the high estate tax exemption amounts. However, several individual states impose their own estate or death taxes, and many have much lower estate tax exemption thresholds.