Stuart Bronstein wrote:
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Well, I still think for gift tax purposes it is a gift
subject to reporting in view of the 11,000 times ever how
many parties involved.

Also since it is a gift, the girl has the money and has
provided that to her own support for the year and therefore
is not part of parents' support.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Stuart Bronstein wrote:

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It's considered support for determining who provided enough
support to claim the recipient as a dependent, if that
helps.

Phoebe

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Bruce Raskin CPA wrote:

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The last time this came up someone proposed treating it as a
gift to all of the guests rather than to the couple
marrying. Seems reasonable to me.

Stu

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Bruce Raskin CPA wrote:

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The last time this came up someone proposed treating it as a
gift to all of the guests rather than to the couple
marrying. Seems reasonable to me.

Stu

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I don't think so. Usually, the parent pays for the wedding,
unless they can get out of it.

I can't think of how it would be a gift.

Bruce Raskin, CPA
Small Business and Individual Tax and Accounting Services

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Gary Goodman <XgaryXg7X[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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Sounds like a gift to me. The daughter is responsible for
payment of the contracts, the client paid them on her
behalf.

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"Gary Goodman" <XgaryXg7X[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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When my daughter gets married my wife and I have decided to
classify the expenses as Cost of Goods Sold!!!!!

Seriously, I wouldn't go anywhere near the gift tax issue on
this, but I may be wrong. I'd just consider it a
nondeductible party.

Gene E. Utterback, EA

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Gary Goodman <XgaryXg7X[at]yahoo.com> writes:

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I say it's a party and the client is nuts to be paying that
much for a party, so give him a break, for God's sake.

Phil Marti
Topeka, KS

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This has been discussed back and forth but we have a twist
on the usual. The client's daughter signed the contracts for
the caterer, etc. The client is the one who paid.

So, the question remains. Is this a gift to the daughter &
son-in-law? And yes, the total paid in the years exceeds
$44,000.

Gary

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