Recently my mother died and now I am being told that I will have to pay an inheritance tax on my own money, can this be correct?

For the sake of convenience, I put my mother's name on my savings account. Recently my mother died and now I am being told that I will have to pay an inheritance tax on my own money, can this be correct?

Under the Inheritance Tax Law, the account was jointly owned because you and your mother had equal access to the account. Therefore, in this example, the survivor is taxed on one-half of the amount in the account.

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1. Are taxes payable on an estate?
2. What property is subject to inheritance tax?
3. Can the funeral expenses and unpaid bills of the decedent be deducted from the amount subject to tax?
4. Recently my mother died and now I am being told that I will have to pay an inheritance tax on my own money, can this be correct?
5. What is the family exemption and how much can be claimed?
6. Who is entitled to claim the family exemption?
7. Where is the inheritance tax return to be filed?