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If you work, are investing in a retirement savings account<\/a>, or buy a car, you\u2019ll be required to pay taxes on the values of those cash sources and assets. But what about assets that someone leaves you after they die? Depending on where your loved one lived, you might have to pay taxes on money and other assets that you inherit from them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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