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Instructions for Form 709 - Introductory Material


For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 12.

For Gifts Made
After
and Before   Use Revision of
Form 709 Dated
- - - - -   January 1, 1982   November 1981
December 31, 1981   January 1, 1987   January 1987
December 31, 1986   January 1, 1989   December 1988
December 31, 1988   January 1, 1990   December 1989
December 31, 1989   October 9, 1990   October 1990
October 8, 1990   January 1, 1992   November 1991
December 31, 1992   January 1, 1998   December 1996
December 31, 1997   - - - - -   *

* Use the corresponding annual form.

What's New

  • For gifts made to spouses who are not U.S. citizens, the annual exclusion has increased to $125,000. See Nonresident Aliens on page 3.

  • File Form 709 at the Internal Revenue Service Center listed under Where To File on page 4.

  • The Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, P.L. 110-28, extends the application of income tax return preparer penalties to all tax return preparers, including gift tax return preparers. See Penalties, Return preparer on page 4 for more details.

  • On page 1 of Form 709, to the far right of the donor's signature, we have added a new third-party designee checkbox. Check the “Yes” box if you want to allow the IRS to discuss your 2007 Form 709 with the paid preparer who signed it. See Third-party designee on page 12 for more information.

  • The maximum estate tax rate used to compute the gift tax has decreased from 46% to 45%. See the Table for Computing Gift Tax on page 12.

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