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    Jun 19, 2010, 11:54 AM
    Are resident aliens required to pay income tax on an inheritance?
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    Jun 21, 2010, 07:41 AM

    The US federal government does not have an inheritance tax, so the answer at the federal level is "no." However some of the individual states in the US do have an inheritance tax, so at the state level the answer is "it depends where you live."
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