TaBLE 29: Missouri INHERITANCE Tax RATES Source: Revised Statutes and Session Laws of the State of Missouri Beneficiary Class A Husband, wife, or lineal descendant or ancestor of decedent, legally adopted child or lineal descendant of such, or child Yorn out of lawful wedlock. Exemption to Each Beneficiary Husband or wife, $20,000 in addition to marital rights? All others, $5,000 each except such lineal descendants as may be ‘diotic, insane, blind, or incapacitated, $15,000 each. LATSt £20,000 \fter the Exemption 1% | $20,000 to $40.000 297, $40,000 to 280.000 39% | $80,000 to $200,000 4% | $200,000 to $400,000 307, Over $400,000 607, Class B Brother, sister, or descendant of such, or wife, widow, or husband of child of decedent. o Class C “2 Brother or sister of parents of decedent or their lineal descendants. Class D Brother or sister of grandparents of dece. dent or their lineal descendants. Class E Persons of any other degree of collateral consanguinity or strangers to the blood, or bodies corporate or politic. Class F (1) County, city, town, or municipal corporation within the state. (2) Property ased for religious, charitable, hospital, missionary, scientific, benevolent, Bible, or educational purposes within the state. 3) Any beneficiary receiving less than 5100. _ 1 When the tax levied by the state does not equal 809% of the amount imposed by the Federal Government under Act of Feb. 26,1926, an additional tax equal to the difference between the total tax levied under the above rates and 80% of the tax levied by the Federal Government islevied. For explanation of marital rights, see p. 92.