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June 1, 2019
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My wife and I have been filing jointly. We want to gift our son and his wife cash. Can my wife and I give $14000 each to my son and his wife each year? (total$28000each)

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Can my wife and I give $14000 each to my son and his wife each year? (total$28000each)

You can give them however much you want each year.  The amount of gifts that you indicate would not require you to file a gift tax return.

Gifts to individuals are not deductible. To be deductible as an itemized deduction, the gift must be made to a qualified charitable organization such as the Red Cross, Diabetes Association, etc., not to individuals.

If in 2013 (or 2014 or 2015) you made gifts to any one individual such as your child in excess of $14,000, you may be required to file a Gift Tax return on Form 709, although no tax would be due unless you had made very substantial gifts in the past. Gift taxes are different than income taxes.

Very substantial gifts in the past refers to the "life time exclusion" of:

  • $5,340,000 in 2014 and
  • $5,430,000 in 2015

(TurboTax does not support gift tax returns.)





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Employee
June 1, 2019
Can my wife and I give $14000 each to my son and his wife each year? (total$28000each)

You can give them however much you want each year.  The amount of gifts that you indicate would not require you to file a gift tax return.

Gifts to individuals are not deductible. To be deductible as an itemized deduction, the gift must be made to a qualified charitable organization such as the Red Cross, Diabetes Association, etc., not to individuals.

If in 2013 (or 2014 or 2015) you made gifts to any one individual such as your child in excess of $14,000, you may be required to file a Gift Tax return on Form 709, although no tax would be due unless you had made very substantial gifts in the past. Gift taxes are different than income taxes.

Very substantial gifts in the past refers to the "life time exclusion" of:

  • $5,340,000 in 2014 and
  • $5,430,000 in 2015

(TurboTax does not support gift tax returns.)





Employee
June 1, 2019
Each of you can give each of them $14,000, for a total of $56,000 per year, without having to file a gift tax return.