As a result, the entire history of the car is documented. For the next twelve years, the âBird sat. Joe partially disassembled the car to determine what it was going to need. the list became so long that parts were acquired as opportunity and funds allowed. Fortunately, most of the special Superbird parts could be reused.
As of the 2012 tax year, the exclusion amount is $13,000 for each person you make a gift to. If you're married, you can double that: you and your spouse are each entitled to give away $13,000 per person.
Gifting generally is a way to avoid estate taxes for the donor and the recipient, according to Borison. That's because the tax code allows each American to give away up to $5 million -- through gifts, an estate or a combination of the two â tax-free in his lifetime. A married couple can give up to $10 million.Both amounts are adjusted for inflation under the 2010 legislation.I can give $130,000 per year -- and my wife can, too -- and we have not even begun to eat into the $5 million limit.â. Theoretically, there is no limit to the amount you can give away under this part of tax law as long as it is limited each year to $13,000 (or twice that from a couple) per person, he said.