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The IRS finds out if you gave a gift when you file a form 709 as is required if you gift over the annual exclusion. If you fail to file this form, the IRS can find out via an audit.

The gift tax applies to the transfer by gift of any type of property. You make a gift if you give property (including money), or the use of or income from property, without expecting to receive something of at least equal value in return.

Generally, you must file the Form 709 no earlier than January 1, but not later than April 15, of the year after the gift was made. However, in instances when April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, Form 709 will be due on the next business day.

Generation-skipping tax ensures that the proper amount of estate tax is paid when a generation-skipping trust transfers assets among family members. Form 709 must be filed each year that you make a taxable gift and included with your regular tax return.

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If the IRS doesn't catch the failure to file during your lifetime, it can find it when auditing your estate and impose the penalty on your estate. And the penalty and interest will accrue from the date the gift tax return should have been filed. Don't assume that no gift tax return is due because a gift isn't taxable.

In tax year 2022, gifts exceeding the annual exclusion of $16,000 will trigger the gift tax. Tax would be owed on any amount over $16,000. The giver of the gift is required to file Form 709. For 2023, the annual exclusion is $17,000.

Form 709 is used to report taxable gifts made during a taxpayer's lifetime, and it also allocates the lifetime use of a taxpayer's generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption. You must file Form 709 if: You're going to pay the tax on your gifts over the annual exclusion.

If you don't file the gift tax return as you should, you could be responsible for the amount of gift tax due as well as 5% of the amount of that gift for every month that the return is past due. If you fail to pay the penalty, you could be responsible for the amount of the gift tax due and .

A penalty is usually charged if your Form 709 is filed after the due date (including extensions). It is usually 5% of the tax not paid by the original due date for each month or part of a month your return is late. The maximum penalty is 25%. You might not owe the penalty if you have reasonable cause for filing late. Form 8892 (Rev. December 2022) - IRS irs.gov https://.irs.gov › pub › irs-pdf irs.gov https://.irs.gov › pub › irs-pdf

If you make a taxable gift (one in excess of the annual exclusion), you are required to file Form 709: U.S. Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return. The return is required even if you don't actually owe any gift tax because of the $12.06 million lifetime exemption.

IRS Form 709 – Filing Requirements Generally, Form 709: U.S. Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return is required if any of the following apply: An individual makes one or more gifts to any one person (other than his or her citizen spouse) that are more than the annual exclusion for the year.