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Financial Planner. Iâm often asked if someone can take an income tax deduction for money they gift to their children. Gifts to individuals are not tax deductible. Tax deductions can only be taken for gifts to organizations on the IRS list of approved charities. However, there is a way to get a partial deduction for money that will eventually go to your children. A charitable lead annuity trust (CLAT) gifts money to a charity first, and then passes assets to your beneficiaries.
Under current IRS law, you can lawfully give away $14,000 annually without any tax consequences to your children. If your spouse is still alive, you can give a combined gift of $28,000. As you can imagine, this provides for a loophole large enough for some very creative ways to give property to your children.