When do i need to file form 709

You establish a trust that pays all of its income to your grandchildren for 10 years. At the end of 10 years, the corpus is to be distributed to your children. Because for this purpose interests in trusts are defined only as present interests, all of the interests in this trust are held by skip persons the children's interests are future interests. Therefore, the trust is a skip person and you should list the entire amount you transferred to the trust in Part 2 of Schedule A even though some of the trust's ultimate beneficiaries are nonskip persons.

List in Part 1 gifts subject only to the gift tax. Generally, all of the gifts you made to your spouse that are required to be listed, as described earlier , to your children, and to charitable organizations are not subject to the GST tax and should therefore be listed only in Part 1.

Number and describe all gifts including charitable, public, and similar gifts in the columns provided in Schedule A. Describe each gift in enough detail so that the property can be easily identified, as explained below. Exchanges where listed or, if unlisted, give the location of the principal business office of the corporation; and. CUSIP number. If preferred, give the issue, par value, quotation at which returned, and exact name of corporation;.

If unlisted on a principal exchange, give the location of the principal business office of the corporation, the state in which incorporated, and the date of incorporation;.

For interests in property based on the length of a person's life, give the date of birth of the person. If you transfer any interest in a closely held entity, provide the EIN of the entity. Describe the interest that is creating the ETIP. See Schedule D. Computation of GST Tax , later. Show the basis you would use for income tax purposes if the gift were sold or exchanged. Generally, this means cost plus improvements, less applicable depreciation, amortization, and depletion.

The value of a gift is the fair market value FMV of the property on the date the gift is made valuation date. The FMV is the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, when neither is forced to buy or to sell, and when both have reasonable knowledge of all relevant facts. FMV may not be determined by a forced sale price, nor by the sale price of the item in a market other than that in which the item is most commonly sold to the public.

The location of the item must be taken into account whenever appropriate. The FMV of a stock or bond whether listed or unlisted is the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices quoted on the valuation date. If only the closing selling prices are available, then the FMV is the mean between the quoted closing selling price on the valuation date and on the trading day before the valuation date.

If there were no sales on the valuation date, figure the FMV as follows. Find the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices on the nearest trading date before and the nearest trading date after the valuation date. Both trading dates must be reasonably close to the valuation date. Add or subtract whichever applies the prorated part of the difference to or from the mean price figured for the nearest trading date before the actual valuation date. If no actual sales were made reasonably close to the valuation date, make the same computation using the mean between the bona fide bid and the asked prices instead of sales prices.

If actual sales prices or bona fide bid and asked prices are available within a reasonable period of time before the valuation date but not after the valuation date, or vice versa, use the mean between the highest and lowest sales prices or bid and asked prices as the FMV. Stock of close corporations or inactive stock must be valued on the basis of net worth, earnings, earning and dividend capacity, and other relevant factors.

Generally, the best indication of the value of real property is the price paid for the property in an arm's-length transaction on or before the valuation date. If there has been no such transaction, use the comparable sales method. In comparing similar properties, consider differences in the date of the sale, and the size, condition, and location of the properties, and make all appropriate adjustments. The value of all annuities, life estates, terms for years, remainders, or reversions is generally the present value on the date of the gift.

Sections and provide special valuation rules to determine the amount of the gift when a donor transfers an equity interest in a corporation or partnership section or makes a gift in trust section The rules only apply if, immediately after the transfer, the donor or an applicable family member holds an applicable retained interest in the corporation or partnership, or retains an interest in the trust.

For details, see sections and , and their regulations. If you elected to split gifts with your spouse and your spouse has given a gift s that is being split with you, enter in this area of Part 1 information on the gift s made by your spouse. If only you made gifts and you are splitting them with your spouse, do not make an entry in this area. Generally, if you elect to split your gifts, you must split all gifts made by you and your spouse to third-party donees. The only exception is if you gave your spouse a general power of appointment over a gift you made.

For stock of close corporations or inactive stock, attach balance sheets, particularly the one nearest the date of the gift, and statements of net earnings or operating results and dividends paid for each of the 5 preceding years. In certain situations, for example, where the surrender value of the policy exceeds its replacement cost, the true economic value of the policy will be greater than the amount shown on line 59 of Form In these situations, report the full economic value of the policy on Schedule A.

See Rev. If the gift was made by means of a trust, attach a certified or verified copy of the trust instrument to the return on which you report your first transfer to the trust.

However, to report subsequent transfers to the trust, you may attach a brief description of the terms of the trust or a copy of the trust instrument. Also attach any appraisal used to determine the value of real estate or other property. If you do not attach this information, Schedule A must include a full explanation of how value was determined.

List in Part 2 only those gifts that are currently subject to both the gift and GST taxes. You must list the gifts in Part 2 in the chronological order that you made them. Number, describe, and value the gifts as described in the instructions for Part 1. If you made a transfer to a trust that was a direct skip, list the entire gift as one line entry in Part 2.

If you elect under section b 3 to not have the automatic allocation rules of section b apply to a transfer, enter a check in column C next to the transfer. You must also attach a statement to Form clearly describing the transaction and the extent to which the automatic allocation is not to apply. Reporting a direct skip on a timely filed Form and paying the GST tax on the transfer will qualify as such a statement.

Report all other gifts made during the year on Schedule A as you normally would. Some gifts made to trusts are subject only to gift tax at the time of the transfer but later may be subject to GST tax. The GST tax could apply either at the time of a distribution from the trust, at the termination of the trust, or both. Section c defines indirect skips and applies special rules to the allocation of GST exemption to such transfers. In general, an indirect skip is a transfer of property that is subject to gift tax other than a direct skip and is made to a GST trust.

A GST trust is a trust that could have a GST with respect to the transferor, unless the trust provides for certain distributions of trust corpus to nonskip persons. See section c 3 B for details. List in Part 3 those gifts that are indirect skips as defined in section c or may later be subject to GST tax. This includes indirect skips for which election 2, described below, will be made in the current year or has been made in a previous year. You must list the gifts in Part 3 in the chronological order that you made them.

Section c provides for the automatic allocation of the donor's unused GST exemption to indirect skips. This section also sets forth three different elections you may make regarding the allocation of exemption. Election 1. You may elect not to have the automatic allocation rules apply to the current transfer made to a particular trust. Election 2. You may elect not to have the automatic rules apply to both the current transfer and any and all future transfers made to a particular trust.

Election 3. You may elect to treat any trust as a GST trust for purposes of the automatic allocation rules. Election 1 is timely made if it is made on a timely filed gift tax return for the year the transfer was made or was deemed to have been made. Elections 2 and 3 may be made on a timely filed gift tax return for the year for which the election is to become effective.

To make one of these elections, check column C next to the transfer to which the election applies. You must also attach an explanation as described below.

If you are making election 2 or 3 on a return on which the transfer is not reported, simply attach the statement described below. If you are reporting a transfer to a trust for which election 2 or 3 was made on a previously filed return, do not make an entry in column C for that transfer and do not attach a statement.

Enter only gifts of the donor. If gift splitting has been elected, enter only the value of the gift that is attributable to the spouse that is filing the return. Enter the total annual exclusions you are claiming for the gifts listed on Schedule A.

See Annual Exclusion , earlier. Enter all of the gifts to your spouse that you listed on Schedule A and for which you are claiming a marital deduction.

Do not enter any gift that you did not include on Schedule A. On the dotted line on line 4, indicate which numbered items from Schedule A are gifts to your spouse for which you are claiming the marital deduction. Do not enter on line 4 any gifts to your spouse who was not a U. You may deduct all gifts of nonterminable interests made during the year that you entered on Schedule A regardless of amount, and certain gifts of terminable interests as outlined below.

Generally, you cannot take the marital deduction if the gift to your spouse is a terminable interest. In most instances, a terminable interest is nondeductible if someone other than the donee spouse will have an interest in the property following the termination of the donee spouse's interest. Some examples of terminable interests are:. Any other property interest that after a period of time will terminate or fail. If you transfer an interest to your spouse as sole joint tenant with yourself or as a tenant by the entirety, the interest is not considered a terminable interest just because the tenancy may be severed.

You may deduct, without an election, a gift of a terminable interest if all four requirements below are met. Your spouse is entitled for life to all of the income from the entire interest. Your spouse has the unlimited power, while he or she is alive or by will, to appoint the entire interest in all circumstances.

No part of the entire interest is subject to another person's power of appointment except to appoint it to your spouse. If either the right to income or the power of appointment given to your spouse pertains only to a specific portion of a property interest, the marital deduction is allowed only to the extent that the rights of your spouse meet all four of the above conditions. For example, if your spouse is to receive all of the income from the entire interest, but only has a power to appoint one-half of the entire interest, then only one-half qualifies for the marital deduction.

A partial interest in property is treated as a specific portion of an entire interest only if the rights of your spouse to the income and to the power are a fractional or percentile share of the entire property interest. This means that the interest or share will reflect any increase or decrease in the value of the entire property interest. If the spouse is entitled to receive a specified sum of income annually, the capital amount that would produce such a sum will be considered the specific portion from which the spouse is entitled to receive the income.

Election to deduct qualified terminable interest property QTIP. You may elect to deduct a gift of a terminable interest if it meets requirements 1 , 2 , and 4 earlier, even though it does not meet requirement 3. You make this election simply by listing the qualified terminable interest property on Schedule A and deducting its value from Schedule A, Part 4, line 4.

You are presumed to have made the election for all qualified property that you both list and deduct on Schedule A. You may not make the election on a late-filed Form You may deduct from the total gifts made during the calendar year all gifts you gave to or for the use of:.

The United States, a state or political subdivision of a state, or the District of Columbia for exclusively public purposes;. Any corporation, trust, community chest, fund, or foundation organized and operated only for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or to prevent cruelty to children or animals, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition if none of its activities involve providing athletic equipment unless it is a qualified amateur sports organization , as long as no part of the earnings benefits any one person, no substantial propaganda is produced, and no lobbying or campaigning for any candidate for public office is done;.

A fraternal society, order, or association operating under a lodge system, if the transferred property is to be used only for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, including the encouragement of art and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals; or. Any war veterans' organization organized in the United States or any of its possessions , or any of its auxiliary departments or local chapters or posts, as long as no part of any of the earnings benefits any one person.

On line 7, show your total charitable, public, or similar gifts minus annual exclusions allowed. On the dotted line, indicate which numbered items from the top of Schedule A are charitable gifts.

If GST tax is due on any direct skips reported on this return, the amount of that GST tax is also considered a gift and must be added to the value of the direct skip reported on this return. If you entered gifts on Part 2, or if you and your spouse elected gift splitting and your spouse made gifts subject to the GST tax that you are required to show on your Form , complete Schedule D, and enter on line 10 the total from Schedule D, Part 3, column G.

Otherwise, enter zero on line Section f 6 creates an automatic QTIP election for gifts of joint and survivor annuities where the spouses are the only possible recipients of the annuity prior to the death of the last surviving spouse. The donor spouse can elect out of QTIP treatment, however, by checking the box on line 12 and entering the item number from Schedule A for the annuities for which you are making the election. Any annuities entered on line 12 cannot also be entered on line 4 of Schedule A, Part 4.

Any such annuities that are not listed on line 12 must be entered on line 4 of Part 4, Schedule A. If there is more than one such joint and survivor annuity, you are not required to make the election for all of them. Once made, the election is irrevocable. If you did not file gift tax returns for previous periods, check the "No" box on page 1 of Form , line 11a, of Part 1—General Information. If you filed gift tax returns for previous periods, check the "Yes" box on line 11a and complete Schedule B by listing the years or quarters in chronological order as described below.

If you need more space, attach a separate sheet using the same format as Schedule B. Complete Schedule A before beginning Schedule B. If you filed returns for gifts made before or after , show the calendar years in column A.

If you filed returns for gifts made after and before , show the calendar quarters. In column B, identify the IRS office where you filed the returns. If you have changed your name, be sure to list any other names under which the returns were filed.

If there was any other variation in the names under which you filed, such as the use of full given names instead of initials, please explain. In column C, enter the amount of applicable credit actually applied in the prior period. See Redetermining the Applicable Credit , later. In column D, enter the amount of specific exemption claimed for gifts made in periods ending before January 1, In column E, show the correct amount the amount finally determined of the taxable gifts for each earlier period.

Amounts shown in column E should reflect all taxable gifts, even if no gift tax was paid due to the applicable formerly unified credit.

Section of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of authorized estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, , to elect to transfer any unused exclusion to the surviving spouse. The amount received by the surviving spouse is called the deceased spousal unused exclusion, or DSUE , amount.

If the executor of the decedent's estate elects transfer, or portability, of the DSUE amount, the surviving spouse can apply the DSUE amount received from the estate of his or her last deceased spouse defined later against any tax liability arising from subsequent lifetime gifts and transfers at death. Complete Schedule A before beginning Schedule C.

A nonresident surviving spouse who is not a citizen of the United States may not take into account the DSUE amount of a deceased spouse, except to the extent allowed by treaty with his or her country of citizenship. The last deceased spouse is the most recently deceased person who was married to the surviving spouse at the time of that person's death. The identity of the last deceased spouse is determined as of the day a taxable gift is made and is not impacted by whether the decedent's estate elected portability or whether the last deceased spouse had any DSUE amount available.

Remarriage also does not affect the designation of the last deceased spouse and does not prevent the surviving spouse from applying the DSUE amount to taxable transfers. When a taxable gift is made, the DSUE amount received from the last deceased spouse is applied before the surviving spouse's basic exclusion amount. A surviving spouse who has more than one predeceased spouse is not precluded from using the DSUE amount of each spouse in succession.

A surviving spouse may not use the sum of DSUE amounts from multiple predeceased spouses at one time nor may the DSUE amount of a predeceased spouse be applied after the death of a subsequent spouse. The DSUE may be adjusted or eliminated as a result of the examination; however, the IRS may make an assessment of additional tax on the return of a predeceased spouse only within the applicable limitations period under section Prior to the decision of the Supreme Court in United States v.

Windsor , U. As a result, taxpayers in a same-sex marriage were not entitled to claim a marital deduction for gifts or bequests to each other.

Those taxpayers were required to use their applicable exclusion amount to defray any gift or estate tax imposed on the transfer or were required to pay gift or estate taxes, to the extent the taxpayer's exclusion previously had been exhausted. For federal tax purposes, marriages of couples of the same sex are treated the same as marriages of couples of the opposite sex.

However, individuals who have entered into a registered domestic partnership, civil union, or other similar relationship that isn't considered a marriage under state law aren't considered married for federal tax purposes. Under a new procedure, a donor who made a transfer to the donor's same-sex spouse, which resulted in a reduction of the donor's applicable exclusion amount, can now recalculate the remaining applicable exclusion.

This procedure is only available to transfers that did not qualify for the marital deduction for federal gift tax purposes at the time of the transfer, based solely on the application of DOMA. If the limitations period has expired, the donor may recalculate the remaining applicable exclusion. However, once the limitations period on assessment of tax has expired, neither the value of the transferred interest nor any position concerning a legal issue other than the existence of the marriage related to the transfer can be changed.

Similarly, no credit or refund of the gift taxes paid on the donor's transfer to the donor's same-sex spouse can be given once the limitations period on claims for credit or refund has expired. The first step of the procedure is to determine the amount of applicable exclusion that was expended on a taxable gift to a same-sex spouse. In any given year, the amount of applicable exclusion expended on a taxable gift to a same-sex spouse is equal to the amount of applicable exclusion expended on all taxable gifts multiplied by the ratio of the amount of taxable gifts to the same-sex spouse over total taxable gifts.

The amount of applicable exclusion expended on all taxable gifts is equal to the lesser of the available applicable exclusion or the amount of all taxable gifts. A's marriage to B was recognized by the state where they got married, but was not recognized by the federal government. The transfer to B would qualify for the marital deduction if A's marriage to B was recognized by the federal government. Example of Calculation of Restored Exclusion Amount.

The second step of the procedure is to repeat the first step for every year where the donor made a taxable gift to a same-sex spouse. The third step of the procedure is to add up the result for all the years. The result is the total amount of applicable exclusion expended on the same-sex spouse.

This amount of applicable exclusion will be restored to the donor for use on future gifts and bequests and is known as the Restored Exclusion Amount. Enter this amount on line 3 of Schedule C.

Attach a statement to Form detailing the calculation of the above procedure on the first Form that you claim a Restored Exclusion Amount. The Restored Exclusion Amount will have to be accounted for the donor on every subsequent Form and Form that will be filed. This means that on all future Forms that will be filed, the Restored Exclusion Amount will need to be entered on Schedule C.

For the period where the applicable exclusion was first restored, and on every subsequent period listed on the worksheet, add the Restorable Exclusion Amount to the total DSUE amount if any and enter the sum in column H. Complete Schedule C if the donor is a surviving spouse who received a DSUE amount from one or more predeceased spouses, or if the donor is a taxpayer who made a taxable transfer to his or her same-sex spouse which resulted in a reduction of the taxpayer's available applicable exclusion amount or both.

Schedule C requests information on all DSUE amounts received from the donor's last deceased spouse and any previously deceased spouses. Each line in the chart should reflect a different predeceased spouse. Attach proof of each portability election reported on Schedule C.

In this Part, include information about the DSUE amount from the donor's most recently deceased spouse whose date of death is after December 31, In column E, enter the total of the amount in column D that the donor has applied to gifts in previous years and is applying to gifts reported on this return.

Enter information about the DSUE amount from the spouse s , if any, who died prior to the donor's most recently deceased spouse but not before January 1, if the prior spouse's executor elected portability of the DSUE amount.

In column E, enter the portion of the amount of DSUE shown in column D that was applied to prior lifetime gifts or transfers.

Any remaining DSUE from a predeceased spouse cannot be applied against tax arising from lifetime gifts if that spouse is not the most recently deceased spouse on the date of the gift.

This rule applies even if the last deceased spouse had no DSUE amount or made no valid portability election, or if the DSUE amount from the last deceased spouse has been fully applied to gifts in previous periods. Add the amounts listed in column E from Parts 1 and 2 and enter the total on line 2. On line 3, enter the Restored Exclusion Amount. On line 4, enter the total of lines 1, 2, and 3. Using the Table for Computing Gift Tax, determine the donor's applicable credit by applying the appropriate tax rate to the amount on line 4.

Enter this amount on line 5 and on line 7 of Part 2—Tax Computation. Enter in Part 1 all of the gifts you listed in Part 2 of Schedule A, in the same order and showing the same values. List items from Schedule A, Part 2, column A, in the same order. You are allowed to claim the gift tax annual exclusion currently allowable for your reported direct skips other than certain direct skips to trusts—see Note below , using the rules and limits discussed earlier for the gift tax annual exclusion.

However, you must allocate the exclusion on a gift-by-gift basis for GST computation purposes. You must allocate the exclusion to each gift, to the extent desired but not exceeding the maximum allowable amount, in chronological order, beginning with the earliest gift that qualifies for the exclusion.

You may not claim any annual exclusion for a transfer made to a trust unless the trust meets the requirements discussed under Part 2—Direct Skips , earlier. In addition, describe the interest that is closing the ETIP, explain what caused the interest to terminate, the date the ETIP closed, and list the year the gift portion of the transfer was reported and its item number on Schedule A that was originally filed to report the gift portion of the ETIP transfer. If the GST exemption is being allocated on a timely filed including extensions gift tax return, enter the value as of the close of the ETIP.

If the GST exemption is being allocated on a late-filed past the due date including extensions gift return, enter the value as of the date the gift tax return was filed. Every donor is allowed a lifetime GST exemption. The exemption amounts for through are as follows.

Keep a record of your transfers and exemption allocations to make sure that any future increases are allocated correctly. Enter on line 1 of Part 2 the maximum GST exemption you are allowed. This will not necessarily be the highest indexed amount if you made no GSTs during the year of the increase.

The donor can apply this exemption to inter vivos transfers that is, transfers made during the donor's life on Form The executor can apply the exemption on Form to transfers taking effect at death.

An allocation is irrevocable. In the case of inter vivos direct skips, a portion of the donor's unused exemption is automatically allocated to the transferred property unless the donor elects otherwise. To elect out of the automatic allocation of exemption, you must file Form and attach a statement to it clearly describing the transaction and the extent to which the automatic allocation is not to apply.

Reporting a direct skip on a timely filed Form and paying the GST tax on the transfer will prevent an automatic allocation. The election must be made for the entire trust that contains the particular gift involved on this return. Be sure to identify the item number of the specific gift for which you are making this special QTIP election. Section c provides an automatic allocation to indirect skips of any unused GST exemption.

The unused exemption is allocated to indirect skips to the extent necessary to make the inclusion ratio zero for the property transferred. You may elect out of this automatic allocation as explained in the instructions for Part 3. You may wish to allocate GST exemption to transfers not reported on this return, such as a late allocation. To allocate your exemption to such transfers, attach a statement to this Form and entitle it "Notice of Allocation.

Clear identification of the trust, including the trust's EIN, if known. If this is a late allocation, the year the transfer was reported on Form The value of the trust assets at the effective date of the allocation. The amount of your GST exemption allocated to each gift or a statement that you are allocating exemption by means of a formula such as "an amount necessary to produce an inclusion ratio of zero".

Total the exemption allocations and enter this total on line 6. Where the property involved in such a transfer is subject to an ETIP because it would be includible in the donor's estate if the donor died immediately after the transfer other than by reason of the donor having died within 3 years of making the gift , an allocation of the GST exemption at the time of the transfer will only become effective at the end of the ETIP.

You are not required to allocate your available exemption. You may allocate some, all, or none of your available exemption, as you wish, among the gifts listed in Part 3 of Schedule D. However, the total exemption claimed in column C may not exceed the amount you entered on line 3 of Part 2 of Schedule D. To compute the tax for the amount on line 3 to be entered on line 4 and the tax for the amount on line 2 to be entered on line 5 , use the Table for Computing Gift Tax. The applicable credit formerly unified credit amount is the tentative tax on the applicable exclusion amount.

For gifts made in , the applicable exclusion amount equals:. If you are a citizen or resident of the United States, you must apply any available applicable credit against gift tax. Nonresidents not citizens of the United States may not claim the applicable credit and should enter zero on line 7.

Determine the tentative tax on the applicable exclusion amount using the rates in the Table for Computing Gift Tax, and enter the result on line 7. These amounts will be among those listed in Schedule B, column D, for gifts made in the third and fourth quarters of If you are claiming a credit for payment of foreign gift tax, figure the credit and attach the calculation to Form , along with evidence that the foreign taxes were paid.

See the applicable convention for details of computing the credit. Make your check or money order payable to "United States Treasury" and write the donor's social security number on it. As a donor, you must sign the return. If you pay another person, firm, or corporation to prepare your return, that person must also sign the return as preparer unless he or she is your regular full-time employee. Remember, if you and your spouse have consented to split gifts, your spouse must also sign and date the return in Part 1, line If you want to allow the return preparer listed on the bottom of page 1 of Form to discuss your Form with the IRS, check the "Yes" box to the far right of your signature on page 1 of your return.

If you check the "Yes" box, you and your spouse, if splitting gifts are authorizing the IRS to call your return preparer to answer questions that may arise during the processing of your return. You are also authorizing the return preparer of your Form to:. Call the IRS for information about the processing of your return or the status of your payment s ;. Receive copies of notices or transcripts related to your return, upon request; and.

Respond to certain IRS notices about math errors, offsets, and return preparation. You are not authorizing your return preparer to receive any refund check, to bind you to anything including any additional tax liability , or otherwise represent you before the IRS.

If you want to expand the authorization of your return preparer, see Pub. The authorization will automatically end 3 years from the date of filing Form If you wish to revoke the authorization before it ends, see Pub. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States.

We need the information to figure and collect the right amount of tax. Form is used to report 1 transfers subject to the federal gift and certain GST taxes and to figure the tax, if any, due on those transfers; and 2 allocations of the lifetime GST exemption to property transferred during the transferor's lifetime. Our legal right to ask for the information requested on this form is found in sections , , , and , and their regulations.

You are required to provide the information requested on this form. Section requires that you provide your identifying number. You can make unlimited gifts in these categories without any gift tax or estate tax consequences and without having to file gift tax returns:. If you make a taxable gift one in excess of the annual exclusion , you must file Form U. Each spouse must file a separate return if he or she makes any taxable gifts.

If you choose to make a split gift, you must file Form , and your spouse must consent to the arrangement. This article only covers the basics of federal gift taxes.

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Ready to file your expat taxes? The gift tax return exists to keep U. IRS form is also used to report gifts either given to grandchildren or great-grandchildren as well as gifts to be placed in trust for future generations.

These types of gifts are subject to the generation-skipping transfer tax.