Property you receive from your spouse (or former spouse, if the transfer is incident to your divorce) is treated as acquired by
gift for income tax purposes.
Not exact matches
The
income taxes decrease the grantor's estate, and, because the
taxes are on
income treated as the grantor's
for income tax purposes, they are not treated as
gifts for Federal
gift tax purposes.
However, a
gift of assets to a non-spousal trust that names other persons as beneficiaries usually results in a disposition of those assets at fair market value
for income tax purposes.
Considerations
for giving include the
purpose of the
gift, funding source, impact to
income, estate
tax planning and impact on family members from your contribution.
Contributions or
gifts to the Climate Reality Action Fund, a 501 (c)(4) organization, are not deductible as charitable contributions
for United States Federal
income tax purposes.
If the donor shows a «detached and disinterested generosity,» the item given will be considered a
gift for purposes of excluding its value from the recipient's
income tax.
For constitutional
purposes, payroll
taxes,
gift taxes, and estate
taxes are considered forms of
income taxes.
It applies to non-charitable funds established under a will or instrument of trust solely
for: the
purpose of providing money, property or benefits to
income tax exempt deductible
gift recipients (DGRs), or the establishment of DGRs.
Business owners may want a concrete answer on whether crowdfunding monies are
income or
gifts for tax purposes, but here's the problem: There is no concrete legal answer yet.