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.
Disciplines
Taxation-Federal Estate and Gift
Date of this Version
March 2007
Recommended Citation
Mitchell Gans and Jay A. Soled, "Reforming the Gift Tax and Making It Enforceable" (March 2007). Rutgers Law School (Newark) Faculty Papers. Working Paper 43.
https://law.bepress.com/rutgersnewarklwps/art43