Dear Liz: My wife and I have purchased a few properties over the years and now we would like to give these properties to our children. I’ve read that the best way to gift properties is to wait until ...

Estate planning isn’t a one-time event — it’s a moving target. With gift and estate tax laws in flux and even “permanent” reforms often lasting no more than a decade or an administration, families are ...

But what many don’t realize is that gifting property, or even the cash to buy it, can come with unexpected tax consequences. Under federal law, certain gifts might be subject to the gift tax, and if ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bob Carlson researches all facets of retirement finances. Gift tax returns could be the most misunderstood, neglected, and ...

Rhonda Glenn’s parents wanted her to have the yellow house where she grew up in Central Islip. The four-bed, two-bath, split-level had a wrought iron fence designed as a replica of the one around the ...