what can you do to avoid inheritance taxes 
an inheritance tax is a state tax on the estate of a decedent in most cases inheritance taxes are higher according to the size of the inheritance and the beneficiary s relationship to the deceased you can reduce the inheritance tax burden on your beneficiaries by placing your assets in a trust or by gifting assets to your beneficiaries while they are still living another option is to take out a life insurance policy naming your heirs as beneficiaries these payouts are not subject to inheritance taxes 