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carrie1234
May 21, 2005, 04:08 PM
I am receiving an inheritance from an uncle that pass in Canada (I live in Colorado), the amount is around 40k... what are my tax liabilities, I know that I will get about 71% of this because of the canada/us exchange.. do have have to declare this as income (state and federal)?

Thanks!

AtlantaTaxExpert
May 22, 2005, 02:38 PM
Carrie1234:

For an inheritance that small, there will be no estate tax liability in the U.S. There may be a tax liability for Canada.

You do not have to report any on the inheritance on your income taxes.