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gift splitting

The act of taking a large monetary gift and dividing it to avoid having to pay federal and/or state taxes on the gift. For example, Becky's parents want to give her $24,000 as a gift for completing her degree. To prevent Becky from having to pay taxes on the gift, her parents both give her $12,000 so that it considered two separate gifts.

Related information about gift splitting:
  1. Gift Splitting Definition | Investopedia
    A taxation rule that allows a married couple to split a gift's total value as if each contributed half of the amount. Gift splitting allows a couple to increase their total ...
     
  2. Can Gift-Splitting Go Wrong?
    Nov 26, 2011 ... Gift-splitting offers tax advantages, but IRS rules must be followed.
     
  3. Publication 950 (10/2011), Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes
    If one of you gives more than the $13,000 exclusion, see Gift Splitting, later. ... Currently, gift splitting allows married couples to give up to $26,000 to a person ...
     
  4. Gift-Splitting Decision Tree
    This flowchart assumes that a determination has been made that gift-splitting is appropriate and indicates whether gift-splitting is available and if so whether only ...
     
  5. Udell Associates – Gift-Splitting Tax Traps
    Watch out for gift-splitting tax traps. This year, the inflation-adjusted annual gift tax exclusion remains at $13,000, up from $12,000 in 2008. Annual exclusion gifts ...
     
  6. Gift Tax Reporting
    In addition to the annual exclusion, the IRC allows gift splitting by married couples. ... As a result, a married couple electing gift splitting, can gift up to $21,000 to ...
     
  7. When it Pays for Married Couples to Split Gifts - Toscano & Ardito ...
    By gift splitting, this couple can make the most of their combined gift tax exclusions. Doubling ... To qualify for gift splitting, spouses must meet certain conditions: ...
     
  8. Gift Splitting - Financial Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
    A technique used to avoid a gift tax in which a large sum of money to be given by two parents to a child is halved and given to the child separately. For example ...