Reforming the Gift Tax and Making it Enforceable

44 Pages Posted: 2 May 2007 Last revised: 2 Aug 2014

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Mitchell M. Gans

Hofstra University - School of Law

Jay A. Soled

Rutgers University

Date Written: August 1, 2007

Abstract

Historically, the gift tax has performed the admirable role of safeguarding the integrities of both the estate and income taxes. Due to taxpayers' abilities to narrow the gift tax base and ignore their filing obligations, however, fulfillment of its historical role is now in jeopardy. This analysis details how taxpayers circumvent their gift tax obligations and then sets forth reforms that Congress can readily institute to curb taxpayers' transgressions. Institution of these recommendations would enable the gift tax to continue to fulfill its historic functions.

Keywords: gift tax, GRAT, Qprt, 2036, retained interest, integrity of the tax based, enforcement, tax gap

Suggested Citation

Gans, Mitchell M. and Soled, Jay, Reforming the Gift Tax and Making it Enforceable (August 1, 2007). 87 Boston University Law Review, &59 (2007), Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=983951

Mitchell M. Gans (Contact Author)

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Jay Soled

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