• Re: gifts, RMD Question

    From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 14 16:41:34 2025
    According to Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid>:
    My advisor did suggest making a Qualified Charitable Distribution. At
    this time, though, I'm concerned about one of my adult children, and >determining how I can make a gift to her. ...

    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless of whether it
    comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly from your spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form 709, although no tax is due.

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  • From Boris@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu May 15 10:06:03 2025
    "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> wrote in
    news:1002u0t$ptn$1@gal.iecc.com:

    According to Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid>:
    My advisor did suggest making a Qualified Charitable Distribution. At
    this time, though, I'm concerned about one of my adult children, and >>determining how I can make a gift to her. ...

    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless of
    whether it comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly from
    your spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form 709,
    although no tax is due.


    Yes, that's what I'm learning.

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu May 15 10:06:31 2025
    On 5/14/2025 4:41 PM, John Levine wrote:
    According to Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid>:
    My advisor did suggest making a Qualified Charitable Distribution. At
    this time, though, I'm concerned about one of my adult children, and
    determining how I can make a gift to her. ...

    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless of whether it
    comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly from your spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form 709, although no tax is
    due.


    No tax is due assuming you have not met your lifetime maximum, which I
    think is around $14 million.

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 15 11:36:16 2025
    According to Rick <rick@nospam.com>:
    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless of whether it
    comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly from your >> spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form 709, although no tax is
    due.

    No tax is due assuming you have not met your lifetime maximum, which I
    think is around $14 million.

    If someone has $14 million, I hope he or she's getting tax advice from a qualified
    lawyer or accountant rather than asking random strangers on usenet.

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu May 15 15:44:49 2025
    On 5/15/2025 11:36 AM, John Levine wrote:
    According to Rick <rick@nospam.com>:
    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless of whether it
    comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly from your >>> spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form 709, although no tax is
    due.

    No tax is due assuming you have not met your lifetime maximum, which I
    think is around $14 million.

    If someone has $14 million, I hope he or she's getting tax advice from a qualified
    lawyer or accountant rather than asking random strangers on usenet.


    Fair point, but it's not that you have $14 million but that you've
    already given away that much during your lifetime.

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  • From Boris@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu May 15 18:03:52 2025
    "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> wrote in
    news:1004vks$17eb$1@gal.iecc.com:

    According to Rick <rick@nospam.com>:
    I think you will find that you just give her the money, regardless
    of whether it comes from your IRA or anywhere else.

    If you give her more than $19,000 ($38K if the gift comes jointly
    from your spouse) you will have to file a gift tax return on Form
    709, although no tax is due.

    No tax is due assuming you have not met your lifetime maximum, which I >>think is around $14 million.

    If someone has $14 million, I hope he or she's getting tax advice from
    a qualified lawyer or accountant rather than asking random strangers
    on usenet.


    +1

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