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- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philco
- From: philco@microsoft.com (Phillip Cooper)
- Subject: Re: Inheritance forthcoming...advice sought
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180359.26038@microsoft.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:03:59 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Nov13.203738.16082@src.dec.com> <1992Nov13.221124.25275@novell.com>
- Distribution: misc.invest
- Keywords: Loop Holes
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- In article <1992Nov13.221124.25275@novell.com> bradley@novell.com (Brad Soe) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.203738.16082@src.dec.com> pardo@src.dec.com (Phil Pardo) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>I am expecting an inheritance soon that is in the neighborhood
- >>of 10 to 15K. Does anyone out there know of any loop holes that
- >>might exist to get around the taxes that will have to be paid on
- >>it or if there is a manner in which to invest it before I physically
- >>touch the money?
- >>
- >>Any and all advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
- >
- >Is this person still alive? Anyway, he/she can give you 10K Free and clear
- >as a gift right now. You can inherit the other 5K later. A person is allowed
- >to give a gift up to 10K lump sum per year with out any tax penalty. You
- >would have to pay tax on the other 5K though, but not on the 10K.
- >
- >There are other ways, but this is the easiest.
- >
- >
- >Brad Soe
- >bradley@novell.com
- >
-
- This is true, but it doesn't stop at 10K per year. You can gift 10K
- per person per year. So in this case, the person could gift him 10K,
- his wife 10K and each of his 12 children 10K (all inheritance tax-free)
-
- Phil Cooper
-