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Assuming you mean inheritance or estate taxes, not as such. A will simply provides for the distribution of the assets on the death of the testator. Some forms of distribution, usually relevant only to estates worth a million dollars or more, may defer or affect estate taxes, but the surest way to avoid taxes is by trusts and certain other means created before death, not by the will.

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