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Let's work together to keep this number as low as possible, shall we? The April 15 deadline for filing federal income tax returns is looming. Maybe you're still working up your 1040 forms, and ...
A 401(k) is one of the best retirement savings vehicles around. Money you invest grows tax-deferred, and depending on the type of 401(k) you have access to, you may either get a tax deduction when ...
The most important step in saving for retirement is participating in your 401(k). By familiarizing yourself with 401(k) limits in 2014 and making retirement planning a priority, you're sure to get ...
The Uniform Transfers To Minors Act (UTMA) is a uniform act drafted and recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1986, and subsequently enacted by all U.S. States, which provides a mechanism under which gifts can be made to a minor without requiring the presence of an appointed guardian for the minor, and which satisfies the Internal Revenue Service ...
Under the UGMA or UTMA, the ownership of the funds works like it does with any other trust and the donor must appoint a custodian (the trustee) to look after the account for the benefit of the beneficiary. [citation needed] Until 1986, a UGMA or UTMA account allowed the assets to be taxed at the minor's income tax bracket. Tax law changes in ...
For example, in 2023 you could each separately gift $17,000 to an adult child for a total $34,000 nontaxable gift, but if just one of you gave the full amount it would trigger Form 709.
The U.S. generation-skipping transfer tax (a.k.a. "GST tax") imposes a tax on both outright gifts and transfers in trust to or for the benefit of unrelated persons who are more than 37.5 years younger than the donor or to related persons more than one generation younger than the donor, such as grandchildren. [1]
Few tax laws cause as much confusion as those that apply to the gift and estate tax, and 2014 is no different. Fortunately, the major changes in recent years have been to your advantage. Gift ...