140.070 Inheritance tax rates.
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shall be at the following rates:
(1) Class A. In case the transfer is to or for the benefit of a parent, surviving spouse, child by blood, stepchild, child adopted during infancy, child adopted during
adulthood who was reared by the decedent during infancy or a grandchild who is the
issue of a child by blood, the issue of a stepchild, the issue of a child adopted during
adulthood who was reared by the decedent during infancy, the issue of a child
adopted during infancy, brother, sister, or brother or sister of the half blood, the tax,
subject to the provisions of KRS 140.080, shall be:
On its value not exceeding $20,000 ............................................................. 2% On its value exceeding $20,000, but not exceeding $30,000 ...................... 3% On its value exceeding $30,000, but not exceeding $45,000 ...................... 4% On its value exceeding $45,000, but not exceeding $60,000 ...................... 5% On its value exceeding $60,000, but not exceeding $100,000 .................... 6% On its value exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $200,000 .................. 7% On its value exceeding $200,000, but not exceeding $500,000 .................. 8% On its value exceeding $500,000 ............................................................... 10% (2) Class B. In case the transfer is to or for the benefit of a nephew, niece, or a nephew or niece of the half blood, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, aunt or uncle, or a great-
grandchild who is the grandchild of a child by blood, of a stepchild or of a child
adopted during infancy, the tax, subject to the provisions of KRS 140.080, shall be:
On its value not exceeding $10,000 ............................................................. 4% On its value exceeding $10,000, but not exceeding $20,000 ...................... 5% On its value exceeding $20,000, but not exceeding $30,000 ...................... 6% On its value exceeding $30,000, but not exceeding $45,000 ...................... 8% On its value exceeding $45,000, but not exceeding $60,000 .................... 10% On its value exceeding $60,000, but not exceeding $100,000 .................. 12% On its value exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $200,000 ................ 14% On its value exceeding $200,000 ............................................................... 16% (3) Class C. In case the transfer is to or for the benefit of any educational, religious, or other institutions, societies, or associations, or to any cities, towns, or public
institutions not exempted by KRS 140.060, or to any person not included in either
Class A or Class B, the tax, subject to the provisions of KRS 140.080 shall be:
On its value not exceeding $10,000 ............................................................. 6% On its value exceeding $10,000, but not exceeding $20,000 ...................... 8% On its value exceeding $20,000, but not exceeding $30,000 .................... 10% On its value exceeding $30,000, but not exceeding $45,000 .................... 12% On its value exceeding $45,000, but not exceeding $60,000 ................... . 14% On its value exceeding $60,000 ........................................ ......................... 16% Page 2 of 2 Effective: July 1, 1995
History: Amended 1995 (2d Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1995. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 142, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective June 17,
1978. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208,
sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4281a-19.