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If I want to gift stocks to my wife, how much of it is tax exempt from gift tax? We both are non citizens but are working here since many years.

parashar_dave — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:50:33 GMT

I have read that there is no gift tax for stock transfer between spouses in case if both the spouses are US citizens but I am unclear about the rule for US residents who are neither Green card holders or US citizens

Re: If I want to gift stocks to my wife, how much of it is tax exempt from gift tax? We both are non citizens but are working here since many years.

Bsch4477 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 03:38:38 GMT

File form 709.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/frequently-asked-questions-on-gift-taxes-for-nonresidents-not-citizens-of-the-united-states

Re: If I want to gift stocks to my wife, how much of it is tax exempt from gift tax? We both are non citizens but are working here since many years.

Mike9241 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:59:07 GMT

If you are a nonresident not a citizen of the United States who made a gift subject to U.S. gift tax, you must file a gift tax return (Form 709 United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return) when any of the following apply:

You gave any gifts of future interests.
Your gifts of present interests to any donee other than your spouse total more than $16,000 (for 2022).
Your outright gifts to your spouse who is not a U.S. citizen total more than $164,000 (for 2022).

If your spouse is not a U.S. citizen, the marital deduction for gifts is limited to an annual exclusion of $164,000 for 2022. See IRC § 2523(i).