Ultra-wealthy Americans can soon protect more assets from federal estate taxes, the IRS announced this week.
Starting in 2023, individuals can transfer up to $12.92 million to heirs, during life or at death, without triggering a federal estate-tax bill, up from $12.06 million in 2022.
Since married couples may share exclusions by electing portability, their combined limits are double, allowing transfers of up to nearly $26 million for 2023, compared to just over $24 million this year.
See: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/19/irs-bumps-estate-tax-exclusion-to-12point92-million-for-2023.html