Re: Hypothetical Tax Question
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Say you have four people (assigned as A, B, C, & D.) Person A gives person B a million dollars, and B pays whatever taxes are due (would that be considered a gift tax?). Then B gives C the balance and he too then pays taxes. Then C gives the balance to D, then D back to A. Round and round. Would it be possible for the government to end up with the whole beginning amount of a million dollars (or close to it)?
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The government is entitled to gift taxes on any gift in excess of a certain amount. I'm not certain, but i think the amount is $14,000. It used to be $10,000, but it has gone up under Bush.
So to answer your question, they'd be able to tax these successive gives until it got chisled down to that number.
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