liable
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Because of the step-up in basis at death, if your children inherit assets that aren’t in retirement accounts, they won’t be liable for taxes on capital gains earned during your lifetime.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He and Rebecca Grossman could be held liable for the deaths of two boys killed in a crosswalk in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The jury also found OpenAI and its leaders, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, not liable on all claims, following a three-week civil trial.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
A boat is liable for council tax when used as a person's "sole or main residence", according to the tax lawyer Dan Neidle.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Unless one is almost vis- cerally aware of this psychological tendency toward innumeracy, it is liable to bias our judgments.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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