So she is holding the property so that her heirs will get a step up in cost basis on her death and owe no tax.
On the other hand, if that was a stock mutual fund, they may be eligible for a step up in cost basis, which could mean little or no taxable gain for your heirs.
The next step is low-cost way to read genes, and Perfetto is already on the case.
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You may be elderly and your heirs will get a step-up in cost basis at your death.
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What you are looking for is an acceptably low cost next step within your means at hand to make it a reality.
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Of course, a voucher (or voucher-like) system is far from a perfect solution, but it is potentially a step towards increasing the cost consciousness of public institutions and providing them an incentive to avoid runaway tuition costs for students.
Another helpful step would be to reduce the cost of working, especially the cost of looking after children.
Will he, like so many chief executives before him, take his cost-cutting measures one step too far?
The second step involves linking residents with lower-cost insurance plans via a state-regulated entity called the Connector.
While defining lodes is easy, refining the various rare earth elements is hard and each step of the process is likely to cost a billion dollars.
But Mr Johnson took the unprecedented step of directing it to move towards a consultation on cost-cutting measures.
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The demise of the personal financial advisor can probably be a real benefit to the retail consumer if companies can step up their web presence and also create low-cost, easily explained products for their customers.
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While iAd may be cost prohibitive for marketers, the platform is a step in the right direction when it comes to mobile advertising.
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But White House budget director Peter Orszag tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the industry cost-savings plan announced Monday is a big step toward overhauling the system.
However, some analysts warned that although the deal was a step in the right direction, it may increase Baidu's cost of operations in the short term.
Perhaps even more damaging, the USADA report has cost Armstrong his credibility and integrity, forcing him to step down as chairman of his Livestrong Foundation and reducing his future earning power as a motivational speaker to nearly nil.
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By providing liquidity to issuers of consumer asset backed paper, the Federal Reserve facility will enable a broad range of institutions to step up their lending, enabling borrowers to have access to lower cost consumer finance and small business loans.
Refocusing the bureaucracy of university regulation is the first step to ensuring a diversity of provision which competes on quality rather than cost.
Jason Britt, president of brokerage firm Central States Commodities, called it "a step in the right direction" and believed the CME could recoup any cost in extra volume if confidence among clients improves.
As a first step, it has acknowledged that the optimism bias causes individuals to underestimate the cost and duration of projects.
Forcing shareholders and bondholders to share the cost of restructuring the country's five nationalized banks was a politically costly step for the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, but one that was required under the terms of a European Union bailout of Spain's ailing lenders.
The cost of this to New Zealand would depend on how closely the two economies move in step.
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So the first step in promoting the adoption of mobile phones, say operators in developing countries, is to reduce the cost of the handsets.
India lifted most controls over the sugar sector, a step that will likely boost investments in the industry but add to the government's food-subsidy cost.
In every market--and at every step from suppliers of raw materials to consumers of finished goods--faster, cheaper communication lowers the cost of producing and consuming.
Go a step further and use old newspapers instead of paper towels for a streak-free, guilt-free, cost-free shine.
The big cost, the reason more than 100 Fort Payne mills have shut down recently comes in the next step.
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