Want to get on someone’s good side? Help them out financially? Or, perhaps, just make them really happy? Give ‘em a gift! (Cash is always nice.) But if you’re in a gift-giving mood, and you have a lot ...

A single person who gives gifts of up to $19,000 each to several different recipients in a year won’t be affected by the gift tax and won’t have to file a gift tax declaration. But if you give several ...

The 2025 tax landscape has changed due to the GOP tax and spending law, referred to by some as the “big, beautiful bill,” signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025.This multibillion-dollar legislation ...

My husband and I have started giving money to my sister to help her out. It’s going to be about $30,000 a year for the next five or so years at least. Will this sum be more than the amount the IRS ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. In March 2025, the U.S. Tax Court delivered a pivotal ruling in Estate of ...

Want to get on someone’s good side? Help them out financially? Or, perhaps, just make them really happy? Give ‘em a gift! (Cash is always nice.) But if you’re in a gift-giving mood, and you have a lot ...