As of July 1, it’s official: Ohio has repealed its state estate tax, as reported through Forbes. Of course, it’s not quite dead yet as the estate tax provision of the new law doesn’t go into effect until Jan 1, 2013. Once it kicks in, though, the O

As of July 1, it’s official: Ohio has repealed its state estate tax, as reported through Forbes.  Of course, it’s not quite dead yet as the estate tax provision of the new law doesn’t go into effect until Jan 1, 2013. Once it kicks in, though, the Ohio estate tax repeal is meant to be permanent. This will leave New Jersey with the distinction of being the state with the lowest estate exemption of $675,000. Other states are in the news as well, with both Maine and Oregon tweaking their state estate taxes. The Maine budget makes a prospective change…

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