Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / Getty Images The term gift splitting refers to an estate planning ...

In Private Letter Ruling 201523003 (released June 5, 2015), the Internal Revenue Service examined the effect of gift splitting under Internal Revenue Code Section 2513 and the application of the ...

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.

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 ...