Deductions & credits

If you sold it for $140,000 a few months after she died, it would be worth about $140,000, not $90,000-$100,000.

Most likely dickcaro is correct and it will get a 'step up' in value, which means most likely there will be little or no tax due.

However, that wording in the trust MIGHT be a bad thing.  It MIGHT mean that the trust will pay any taxes, which would be quite a bit higher than if the individuals pay that tax.  But again, until the trust is thoroughly read, it is impossible to know what it going to happen.