Pre Tax Gift to Child

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Can I Gift 10,000 to a Grandchild with IRA pre-tax money without paying Federal and PA State taxes ?

PLease advise?

Edmund

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xmasbaby0Answer

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No. If you take money from an IRA you will be taxed. If you are under 59 1/2 there will be a 10% early withdrawal penalty; there will always be ordinary income tax. You will get a 1099R at tax time which must be entered on your tax return. What you do with the money from your IRA is irrelevant with only a few exceptions. Gifting the money to a family member is not one of the exceptions.

Gifts given to family members, friends or other individuals are not deductible. Gifts received are not taxable to the person who received the gift, and are not entered on a tax return.

If your gift exceeds the yearly limit ($18,000 per individual) imposed by the gift tax rules, then you will need to complete a Form 709 gift tax form and send it to the IRS, although it is very unlikely that you will owe any tax.

TurboTax does not support Form 709. It is not an income tax form and would not be included as part of an income tax return.

Here is a link to the form:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f709.pdf

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/estates/the-gift-tax-made-simple/L5tGWVC8N

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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Bsch4477

Level 15

No. You have to pay tax on the IRA withdrawal. What you do with the money after the withdrawal doesn’t affect its taxation.

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xmasbaby0

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Level 15

No. If you take money from an IRA you will be taxed. If you are under 59 1/2 there will be a 10% early withdrawal penalty; there will always be ordinary income tax. You will get a 1099R at tax time which must be entered on your tax return. What you do with the money from your IRA is irrelevant with only a few exceptions. Gifting the money to a family member is not one of the exceptions.

Gifts given to family members, friends or other individuals are not deductible. Gifts received are not taxable to the person who received the gift, and are not entered on a tax return.

If your gift exceeds the yearly limit ($18,000 per individual) imposed by the gift tax rules, then you will need to complete a Form 709 gift tax form and send it to the IRS, although it is very unlikely that you will owe any tax.

TurboTax does not support Form 709. It is not an income tax form and would not be included as part of an income tax return.

Here is a link to the form:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f709.pdf

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/estates/the-gift-tax-made-simple/L5tGWVC8N

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**