If the executor needs to pay a debt at the time of a decedent's death, which of the following options will cost the least?     Use the decedent's cash     Sell something     Borrow money     Special IRS extension provisions     Life insurance   If your estate has to pay an estate tax, what is the tax rate?     40% of the unified credit.     40% of the equivalent exemption.     The amount of the unified credit in the year of death     40%.

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  1. If the executor needs to pay a debt at the time of a decedent's death, which of the following options will cost the least?
       
    Use the decedent's cash
       
    Sell something
       
    Borrow money
       
    Special IRS extension provisions
       
    Life insurance

 

  1. If your estate has to pay an estate tax, what is the tax rate?
       
    40% of the unified credit.
       
    40% of the equivalent exemption.
       
    The amount of the unified credit in the year of death
       
    40%.
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