Hotmail’s Sabeer Bhatia’s 55% inheritance tax idea: Rich or common man, who pays more?
Last Update Date: 05-10-2026
Published by India Today
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Abhishek Kumar said a high, inflation-indexed exemption threshold and relief for primary homes would be needed to protect middle-class families, and cautioned about risks to small businesses, capital flight and long-term saving.
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The article examines Sabeer Bhatia's suggestion that India levy a 55% inheritance tax, and who would bear it. It looks at exemption thresholds, treatment of family homes and businesses, possible shifts to trusts and lifetime gifts, capital flight, double taxation and whether such a tax would improve equality of opportunity.
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Hotmail’s Sabeer Bhatia’s 55% inheritance tax idea: Rich or common man, who pays more?