step up

Example Sentences

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If your sister purchases the house, she and your brother’s other heirs would also lose their step-up in basis, a tax break that lets people inherit assets without paying hefty capital-gains tax.

From MarketWatch

If the Medline win helped assuage the former concern, a step-up in the share of its order backlog it can convert into revenue could help ease the latter.

From Barron's

Basically, the Galaxy Watch 4 is now the default, and the Classic is the step-up version.

From The Verge

Blue shutters and a bright red front door touch up the main home’s white stucco exterior, which opens to a step-up foyer topped by a chandelier.

From Los Angeles Times

Biden has also proposed eliminating the “step-up” in capital assets’ gains at death.

From Los Angeles Times