What Rules Govern Monetary Gifts To Adult Children?
I would like to give some money to my adult children. I will NOT have a taxable estate at the time of my death, Does gift tax still apply to amounts over $10,000? Does income tax apply?
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Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 4:41 am
You can give more than the minimum as long as you fill out the form for the IRS which credits this amount to your eventual “total estate”..
Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Good question, and some good answers. The annual gift-tax exclusion for 2009 is $13,000 per person. To the extent your annual gifts exceed the exclusion, you file a gift-tax return, and simply chip away at your lifetime $1 million exclusion. No tax implications to your kids.
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Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The current Gift Tax exemption is $13,000.
If you give over $13k to any one person in any year, you need to file a gift tax return. Most likely, no gift tax will be due.
Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
See IRS pub 950.
As the above poster stated, the first $1,000,000 in taxable gifts is just paperwork.