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Old 02-04-2009, 10:24 PM
Paul Thomas, CPA
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Default Re: Advice on reporting cash gift


<ataxquestion[at]yahoo.com> wrote
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> Say someone got a cash gift of say $1000 in 2006, $4000
> in 2007 and didn't report it, unaware they were supposed to
> treat it as income. Now they're concerned this could come
> back on them and wants to amend their return for those years.





Gifts aren't considered income and are therefore not subject to income tax.






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