Die holding US Stocks and pay 40% tax? — What Singapore investors need to know about US inheritance / estate taxImagine a Singapore investor who dies holding S$1.5 million of US stocks in a brokerage account.Their family expects to inherit S$1.5 million.The IRS can take more than S$500,000 of it first.Singapore abolished estate duty in 2008, so most of us assume death is tax-free.On the Singapore side, it is.The trap is on the US side — and it lands squarely on the assets most of us hold the most of, US stocks and US-listed ETFs.https://financialhorse.com/die-holding-us-stocks-and-pay-40-tax-what-singapore-investors-need-to-know-about-us-inheritance-estate-tax/