Filing status of a federal taxpayer has an immediate impact on the tax rate applied to taxable income. Consider a taxpayer, whose filing status is Single, with a taxable income of $50,000. Per the 2010 Tax Table, the tax liability would have been $8,675, for an average tax rate of 17.35 percent.
Escheat /áµ»sËtÊiËt/ is a common law doctrine that transfers the property of a person who died without heirs to the crown or state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in limbo without recognized ownership.
Escheat Law and Legal Definition. Escheat is the reversion of property to a government entity in the absence of legal claimants or heirs. Escheat is the forfeiture of all property (including bank accounts) to the state treasury if there are no heirs, descendants or named beneficiaries to take the property upon the death of the last known owner.