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Tennessee has no state estate or inheritance tax, so only the federal estate tax can apply. Learn the 2026 exclusion, portability, and what counts.
Tennessee exempt property lets a surviving spouse claim up to $50,000 in tangible personal property plus a motor vehicle, free of estate creditor claims.
Tennessee family allowance, called year's support, is a reasonable need-based allowance for a surviving spouse for one year after death, with no fixed cap.
Tennessee probate accounting explained: the 60-day inventory, annual and final accountings, what executors must report, and when beneficiaries can demand one.
Tennessee probate bond rules: a fiduciary bond is required unless the will waives it or all adult beneficiaries waive it. Cost, amount, and how to waive it.
Tennessee debt payment priority: the four classes executors must pay in order under Tenn. Code Ann. 30-2-317, insolvent estate rules, and personal liability.
Tennessee step-up in basis explained: how inherited property gets a new basis at death, and why only federal capital gains tax applies, not state tax.
Tennessee surviving spouse rights explained: the elective share sliding scale by marriage length, plus year's support, exempt property, and the homestead right.
Virginia has no state estate or inheritance tax, so only the federal estate tax can apply. Learn the 2026 exclusion, portability, and what counts in the estate.
Understand Virginia exempt property, the up-to-$25,000 in household goods and vehicles a surviving spouse or minor children can claim under Va. Code 64.2-310.
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