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What is Estate Duty?
Estate Duty are death taxes. When a person dies, his/her estate is subjected to Estate Duty or death taxes. Each country tax their citizens differently. There are also some countries who also do not have any Estate Duty.
Estate Duty are usually taxed on assets which can be classified as movable or immovable assets. Immovable assets are land, real estate and houses. Movable assets are cash, cars, stocks, bonds, deposits, insurances, jewelry, antiques, etc.
Estate duty has to be paid before the remaining of the estate is pass on to heirs or beneficiaries.
There are professionals to help people plan so that they do not pay so much taxes on their estate when they die. These professionals are Estate Planners who does Estate Planning. They do not help clients avoid estate duties, but they help their clients reduce estate duties through certain recommendations through the purchase of certain financial instruments to pay for estate duties rather than having the actual estate pay for it.