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How step-up in basis works for Mississippi inherited property under IRC Section 1014: calculating your new basis and how the state taxes the gain on sale.
Mississippi surviving spouse rights explained. Renounce the will for a child's part capped at one-half, plus one year's support, exempt property, and homestead.
Nevada has no state estate, inheritance, or income tax, so only the federal estate tax applies. Learn the 2026 exclusion, portability, and Form 706.
Nevada exempt property lets the District Court set apart the homestead and NRS 21.090 exempt items to a surviving spouse and minor children, ahead of creditors.
The Nevada family allowance is a support amount the District Court sets for a surviving spouse and minor children during probate, with no fixed figure.
Nevada probate accounting explained: the 120-day inventory, what a final account must report to the District Court, and when beneficiaries can demand one.
Nevada probate bond requirements explained. Learn when the District Court requires an executor to post a bond, its cost, and how to waive it in a will.
Nevada debt payment priority under NRS 147.195: the nine classes an executor pays in order, what happens if the estate is insolvent, and personal liability.
Nevada is a community property state, so both halves of a couple's assets can step up in basis at the first death, cutting capital gains tax via double step-up.
Nevada surviving spouse rights come from community property, not an elective share: the spouse already owns half the community estate, plus set-apart property.
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