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Posts Tagged ‘Annual Gift Tax Exclusion’
3 Easy Ways to Financially Help Your Children or Grandchildren
Do your children or grandchildren need some financial assistance?
Here are 3 Easy Ways to help them:
1) Make a Loan
Parents and grandparents can loan to their child or grandchild. If this is the approach taken, a formal loan agreement should be drawn up. This should include interest and the repayment terms. The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") will require a minimum amount of interest to be … Continue reading »
How to Maximize Your Annual Gifts and Minimize Your Estate Taxes
Annual Exclusion
Taxpayers are allowed to gift up to $13,000 per year to an unlimited number of people without having to file a gift tax return or pay a gift tax. If the amount goes over $13,000 to any one individual, then a gift tax return must be filed. This is done on IRS Form 709, United States Gift Tax Return. Connecticut taxpayers required to file a federal … Continue reading »
How (And When) to File a Federal Gift Tax Return
Form 709, is required to be filed if a gift is made to someone for more than $13,000 in one year. Gifts between spouses are not required to file. Gifts can be made to an unlimited number of people in a year provided they are below the $13,000 per person annual exclusion.
