• Timing for reporting gifts over the annual free allowance of $15K.

    From Not A Clue@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 28 12:37:49 2021
    If I transfer some securities (from a brokerage firm) to someone on Dec 23rd and they leave my account on Dec 31st; but the receiving firm doesn't receive them until 1/3/2022. For compliance purpose, do I report the gift in 2021 or 2022?

    And if I make a last minute wire transfer of cash (gift), does the same principal apply?

    TIA

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 28 14:34:34 2021
    According to Not A Clue <m8r.jn1sdp@gmail.com>:
    If I transfer some securities (from a brokerage firm) to someone on Dec 23rd and they leave my account on Dec 31st; but the receiving firm doesn't receive them until
    1/3/2022. For compliance purpose, do I report the gift in 2021 or 2022?

    And if I make a last minute wire transfer of cash (gift), does the same principal apply?

    Whenever I do a domestic wire transfer, the sending and receiving
    banks invariably report it on the same day. It's the day I made the
    request if I do it before the bank's cutoff time, the next business
    day otherwise. Stock transfers are more complicated and slower.

    I suppose if the recipient is outside the US it could take longer.

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  • From Stuart O. Bronstein@21:1/5 to Not A Clue on Tue Dec 28 14:36:45 2021
    Not A Clue <m8r.jn1sdp@gmail.com> wrote:

    If I transfer some securities (from a brokerage firm) to someone
    on Dec 23rd and they leave my account on Dec 31st; but the
    receiving firm doesn't receive them until 1/3/2022. For
    compliance purpose, do I report the gift in 2021 or 2022?

    It's the date you initiate the transfer, not when it is received by the recipient.

    And if I make a last minute wire transfer of cash (gift), does
    the same principal apply?

    Yes.

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