Adequate Disclosure
Generation Skipping Transfer Tax
709 Review Requirements
2024 Form 709 Updates
100

Length of statute of limitations if a Form 709 is filed and the gifts are adequately disclosed.

Three years.

100

Top rate of GST tax.

40%

100

Gifts of this type of property made to an individual who is not a skip person do not require GSTT review.

Cash.

100

What tax year will electronic filing be available for Form 709 through CCH?

2025

200

What else can the taxpayer provide to meet adequate disclosure if they do not disclose the method used to determine FMV (including discounts)?

An appraisal.

200

Person disposing of the property in a transfer subject to gift or estate tax.

Transferor.

200

This must be prepared, reviewed and approved by a WNT GSTT specialist when a gift tax return reports a transfer to trust for the first time.

Trust Document Review Form.

200

A Donor must attach a signed and dated copy of this their Form 709 in order to gift split.

Notice of Consent to Gift Split.

300

Dave gave Sarah $100,000 and in turn Sarah gave Dave a gold Labubu worth $25,000. What must be disclosed on Dave’s Form 709 for the property he gave?

Description of the transferred property ($100,000 cash) and any consideration received ($25,000 gold Labubu).

300

Part of Form 709 where gifts to skip people are reported.

Schedule A, Part 2.

300

A lifetime gift subject to both gift and GST tax can have an effective tax rate this high.

96%.

300

New columns (c) and (d) of the Form 709 should state this when the correct inputs are made in CCH.

SEE STMT

400

In order to meet adequate disclosure, a taxpayer must disclose any position taken contrary to these.  

Regulations and published rulings.

400

Number of years a non-family member will be a skip person.

37.5.

400

Client makes a gift of 100,000 and elects to gift split but can only split 50,000 because of a spousal interest, how much is the split amount for GST purposes?

50,000 (50% of 100,000).

400

If gifts are made on multiple dates, this should be input in CCH for the date of the gift so the “Various” will print on the return.

99/99/9999.