I have quite a few CDs with my daughter as co-owner. I did that because I thought that she should have easy access to money in case I end up
in assisted living. I am in my late 70s.
I just read somewhere that if she cashes more than $16,000 a year in CDs, that money is subject to gift tax. Is that true? Is there anything we can do to avoid it?
I have quite a few CDs with my daughter as co-owner. I did that
because I thought that she should have easy access to money in
case I end up in assisted living. I am in my late 70s.
I just read somewhere that if she cashes more than $16,000 a year
in CDs, that money is subject to gift tax. Is that true? Is there
anything we can do to avoid it?
The only reason she would cash them instead of me is because I
would be incapable. She does have power of attorney giving her the
right to do anything on my behalf. Can she cash the CDs in my
name?
According to Jane <jblatz2@gmail.com>:
I have quite a few CDs with my daughter as co-owner. I did that
because I thought that she should have easy access to money in
case I end up in assisted living. I am in my late 70s.
I just read somewhere that if she cashes more than $16,000 a year
in CDs, that money is subject to gift tax. Is that true? Is there
anything we can do to avoid it?
I'd expect the CDs to be considered to be 50/50 owned by you and
her, so if she cashes them and keeps the money, I suppose that's a
gift. If you funded them in the first place, that half interest
was also a gift, so you should probably consider the whole thing a
gift.
There is a lifetime exemption from gift tax of about $11 million,
shared with the estate tax, so unless we're talking about seven
digit amounts, you file the gift tax return but you don't have to
pay anything.
If you are dealing with seven digit amounts, you presumably have
paid tax advisors who can give you real advice,
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