If in 2018 you gave someone cash or property valued at more than $15,000 or if you do so in 2019, you’ll have to fill out Form 709 for gift tax purposes. But don’t fret. This doesn’t always mean ...

If you give someone cash or property valued at more than the 2023 annual exclusion limit of $17,000 ($34,000 for married joint filers), you'll have to fill out Form 709 for gift tax purposes. But ...

Most people give gifts all the time without even thinking about the potential tax ramifications. Yet technically, whenever you give something to someone, you have to follow the gift-tax rules.

Fewer taxpayers are subject to gift taxes thanks to a $12,920,000.00 lifetime gift tax exemption for 2023. Because many taxpayers do not fall under the exemption amount, they do not necessarily have ...

If you are looking for the instructions for the 2010 gift (and generation-skipping transfer) tax return--Form 709--you will not find them today--at least not in a PDF format. In my blog post on March ...

Image source: asenal29, Wikimedia Commons. Most people give gifts all the time without even thinking about the potential tax ramifications. Yet technically, whenever you give something to someone, you ...