The IRS allows
an annual gift tax exemption of up to $ 14,000 per year, per individual.
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The
annual federal
gift tax exclusion allows you to give away up to $ 14,000 in 2017 to as many people as you wish without those
gifts counting against your $ 5 million lifetime
exemption.
However,
gifts in excess of the
annual exclusion also reduce your estate
tax exemption.
Gifts of no more than # 250 to any one recipient per
tax year are excluded from inheritance
tax (and are not counted toward the
annual gift exemption).
Answer: Yes, but your
gift is within the
annual exemption limit, so you won't have to file a
gift tax return.
You must file a
gift tax return and report that you used $ 1,000 ($ 15,000 minus the $ 14,000
annual exclusion) of your $ 5.49 million lifetime
exemption.
In addition to the
annual gift tax exclusion,
gift givers should be aware of the lifetime
exemption amount.
The federal estate and
gift tax exemption is doubled to about $ 11.2 million ($ 22.4 million for married couples) in 2018, with
annual inflation adjustments.
There is no
annual contribution limit, though contributions are subject to
gift tax rules, which means that you can effectively contribute $ 15,000 per year, per child, without exceeding the 2018
gift tax exemption.
Funds an insured gives to someone else who owns the policy can avoid
gift taxes if they qualify for the
gift tax annual exclusion or the lifetime
gift exemption.