[header] How to make sure your cash gifting is legal [title] Give a cash gift to friends or family. [step] Cash gifting is when you give someone any amount of money without an exchange of goods or services. You can give cash gifts without paying taxes under a certain limit. 
[substeps] Any cash gifts under $14 , 000 per person in a calendar year are not taxed. Cash gifts under this amount are not required to be filed as a gift underneath that limit.