This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
In 2025, you can give any number of people up to $19,000 each in a single year without incurring a taxable gift ($38,000 for spouses "splitting" gifts)—up from $18,000 for 2024. The recipient typically owes no taxes and doesn't have to report the gift unless it comes from a foreign source.
Gradually making smaller gifts: Each year, taxpayers can gift up to what is called the “annual exclusion amount” (in 2025, $19,000 per donor per recipient; $38,000 for married couples) without incurring the gift tax.
The gift letter must: specify the dollar amount of the gift; specify the date the funds were transferred; include the donor's statement that no repayment is expected; and indicate the donor's name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the borrower.
Documentation Requirements The gift letter must: specify the actual or the maximum dollar amount of the gift; include the donor's statement that no repayment is expected; and. indicate the donor's name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the borrower.
(Date) Dear (Donor): I have received your "Offer of Gift," dated ___________________, by which you, on behalf of the (Name of Company), offered to convey (Description of Property) to the United States of America as a gift. I accept with pleasure your gift and conveyance of the (Property), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2601.
Proof of funds is a document or a letter from a bank or financial institution that verifies whether an individual or the organisation has the capital necessary to complete a particular transaction.
Use Form 709 to report: Transfers subject to the federal gift and certain generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes.