TomD8
Level 15

Deductions & credits

There is a gift tax implication for your mother, but not for you.  

The IRS requires that a gift tax return be filed if the home being quitclaim-deeded to one's children exceeds the annual gift tax exemption amount of $15,000.  File all gift tax returns using IRS Form 709.  The giver must file the gift tax return.  There will be no actual gift tax due because there is a lifetime gift/estate tax exemption of $11.4 million, but a return must be filed for gifts that exceed the annual exemption amount.

Forgiveness of amounts owed is a personal decision.

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

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.

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