People can't deposit $20,000 cash gifts without breaking the law
10 posts across 3 communities in the last 90 days; 50% from r/personalfinance.
“I'm in the US and plan to give my parents about $1,000 a month as a gift from now on, which comes to around $12,000 a year. Do I or they need to file any tax forms for this? I'll send it through a personal Cash App account funded from my bank, so could regular monthly transfers…”
“Why would anybody give $15,000 IN CASH as a gift? That amount of CASH is going to raise red flags in every bank in America. [re: How do you get cash into online banks?]”
“Should be unlimited gifting to a spouse, no tax [re: Transfering funds from my bank to wifes bank (MFS)]”
Banks require documentation for large cash deposits, and users are confused about how to handle family gifts without violating anti-money-laundering rules. Some suggest illegal methods to avoid paperwork, while others clarify that gifts aren’t taxable income but still require proper documentation.
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“I'm in the US and plan to give my parents about $1,000 a month as a gift from now on, which comes to around $12,000 a year. Do I or they need to file any tax forms for this? I'll send it through a personal…”
“Why would anybody give $15,000 IN CASH as a gift? That amount of CASH is going to raise red flags in every bank in America. [re: How do you get cash into online banks?]”
“Do people never deposit savings or gifts? I’m fine with them reporting it because it’s truthful and under the limit for gifting [re: How do you get cash into online banks?]”
“It’s FinCEN, not IRS, and breaking it up into multiple deposits to avoid the reporting threshold is illegal, even if the deposit were otherwise fine. [re: How do you get cash into online banks?]”
“Should be unlimited gifting to a spouse, no tax [re: Transfering funds from my bank to wifes bank (MFS)]”
“Hey guys i understand that this thing is a financial crime, so do you guys think i should commit a financial crime, or the very easy and simple legal alternative? [re: Depositing >$10K At Bank]”
“If in the US, if you are depositing cash from the buyer into your own account then KYC requirements don't extend to the buyer. [re: Depositing >$10K At Bank]”
“You will exceed the annual gift exclusion ($19k) so you'll need to report the gift to the IRS, but you won't get close to the lifetime exemption amount ($15 million) so no one will owe any taxes on the gift specifically. Someone correct me if this is an incorrect understanding”
“you need to report it as income, OP will get a T5(?) for it, and if it gets taxed or not depends on if OP reports enough income to require paying taxes”
“There is no gift tax to pay. You could give your kid $1M and there is no gift tax to pay. Just a form to fill out.”
“This is correct, and the one thing worth adding is that if the amount is over $18k you may want to document it as a loan rather than a gift to avoid any gift tax filing headaches down the road.”
“I have questions regarding the US Federal Gift Tax regulations. My husband and I are looking to gift our daughter and her husband a total of $80K cash. We had a rather large settlement payout recently. From my understanding the annual exclusion limits per married couple is $38K per individual gifting. My questions are; - Can my husband and I both give a total of $38K to our daughter and husband, $76K in total, in one transaction? Or should we both write separate checks even though the money woul”
“Don’t forget that there are tax implications for your relative. I think the max you can give someone is around 10k anything over will be reported to the IRS.”
“My thought is that the relative got an insurance settlement, and is distributing it as cash? Seems a bit odd.”
“The receiver of a gift never has to pay any taxes on it. (The giver may owe tax, if they are very rich and have already given millions to you.) It’s not taxable income to you and you don’t even have to mention it in your tax return. You don’t need any sort of signed statement from the giver either. The bank will happily accept the deposit. The teller will ask where the money came from and which account you want to deposit it into. And will want to see your ID, so don’t forget to bring your walle”