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Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@Sorelya , while agreeing with the excellent reply from @MaryK4 , just wanted to make sure you were aware of the following

(a) you said " gift from a foreign country " ----- hope you are talking about a foreign person / trust / estate i.e.  what determines the need for the filing of 3520 is the status of the donor --- Non-Resident Alien, a foreign trust or Estate , established  under the laws of a foreign country

(b) you have to be a US person when the gift was received  i.e. US citizen or Green Card or Resident for Tax purposes

(c) the value of the gift has to be  equal or more than US$100,000

(d) generally we are talking about cash / liquid/semi-liquid gift here

(e) because the donor is foreign ( a non-resident alien person / entity ) there is no requirement  for the donor to do anything for US purposes.

(f) the donor cannot / must not be a sanctioned person/entity or you will run afoul of the treasury sanction rules ( doing business with the "enemy" / money laundering)

(g) there is no tax implications for the donee ( recipient) but not reporting the gift  attracts  rather onerous penalty.

(h) also note that both FBAR  and / or FATCA ( form 8938 ) may also come into play depending on the nature and the transfer " history" of the gift

Hope this helps