An inheritance tax differs from an estate tax, which is a tax levied on an entire estate before it is distributed to individuals.. If you were to inherit a home worth $3 million, for example, the federal estate tax would be $450,000, says Altman.f you decide to sell the inherited home, you will probably be required to pay capital-gains tax on the difference between what you net from the sale and your basis (the purchase price plus improvements minus depreciation).
Children living with both biological parents are 20 to 35 percent more physically healthy than children from broken homes. (Dawson, âFamily Structure and Childrenâs Health and Well-beingâ Journal of Marriage and the Family). 11.
Similarly, about half of all first marriages end in divorce, and when children are involved, many of the resulting single-parent households are poor. For example, less than 10 percent of married couples with children are poor as compared with about 35 to 40 percent of single-mother families.