Mike Milligan explains the annual gift-tax exclusion: you can give $19,000 per person tax-free each year, or $38,000 as a married couple. High-net-worth retirees often miss this chance to shrink their estate while watching their kids use the money. Use it before December 31st on tuition, Roth IRAs, debt, or a down payment.
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Gifting, use your $19,000 per recipient or lose it. $19K. So, you know, maybe there's some listeners here who have $2, $3, $4, $5, or more million dollars of net worth. Um, according to the IRS, those type of folks can give $19,000 to as many people as they want to tax-free. A couple can give $38,000. Per person. It's zero paperwork. It's a way to lower your estate, and you can help your kids or grandkids today. Now, what would your kids do with that? They can do things like fund a Roth IRA, pay a private school tuition, you know, pay off debt, get them into the home that they want. If you're a high net worth retiree and you're not giving this money away and you're just letting it accumulate, you're really missing a key benefit that is free to give. And you can see while you're alive how your kids will use your money.