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A federal tax levied on the right of a deceased person to transmit his or her property and life insurance at death is called a(n) ____________ tax.

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that'd be estate tax

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The correct answer is an estate tax. An estate tax is a federal tax levied on the right of a deceased person to transmit his or her property and life insurance at death and before distributing his property to his heirs.
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