Who Pays The Tax On A Cash Gift?
This question comes up a lot when a parent makes a cash gift to a child or when a grandparent gifts to a grandchild. When you make a cash gift to someone else, who pays the tax on that gift? The short answer is “typically no one does”. Each individual has a federal “lifetime gift tax exclusion” of $5,400,000 which means that I would have to give
What is a Bond?
A bond is a form of debt in which an investor serves as the lender. Think of a bond as a type of loan that a company or government would obtain from a bank but in this case the investor is serving as the bank. The issuer of the bond is typically looking to generate cash for a specific use such as general operations, a specific project, and staying current or
