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Interest/Dividends/Other Types of Income: Gifts & Inheritances

If you give someone money or property during your life, you may be subject to federal gift tax. The money and property you own when you die (your estate) may be subject to federal estate tax and the gross income of your estate may be subject to federal income tax. The purpose of this publication is to give you a general understanding of when these taxes apply and when they do not. It explains how much money or property you can give away during your lifetime or leave to your heirs at your death before any tax will be owed. Gifts you make during your life or bequests from your estate can also be subject to the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, if the gifts or bequests are to a person, such as a grandchild, who is more than one generation younger than you.
No tax owed.   Most gifts are not subject to the gift tax and most estates are not subject to the estate tax. For example, there is usually no tax if you make a gift to your spouse or to a charity or if your estate goes to your spouse or to a charity at your death. If you make a gift to someone else, the gift tax usually does not apply until the value of the gifts you give that person exceeds the annual exclusion for the year. See Annual exclusion under Gift Tax,

 

To determine if the sale of inherited property is taxable, you must first determine your basis in the property. The basis of inherited property is generally one of the following:

(1) The fair market value (FMV) of the property on the date of the decedent's death.

(2) The FMV of the property on the alternate valuation date if the executor of the estate chooses to use alternate valuation. See the Form 706 Instructions, United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return.

If you or your spouse gave the property to the decedent within one year before the decedent's death, see Publication 551, Basis of Assets.

Report the sale on Form 1040, Schedule D, Capital Gain and Losses. If you sell the property for more than your basis, you have a taxable gain. For information on how to report the sale on Schedule D, please see Publication 550, Investment Income and Expenses.

 

References:

Publication 950 (9/2010), Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes

 

 

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