âNegative reinforcement is when a certain stimulus/item is removed after a particular behavior is exhibited. The likelihood of the particular behavior occurring again in the future is increased because of removing/avoiding the negative stimuli. Negative reinforcement should not be thought of as a punishment procedure.
In addition to the annual exclusion, you're allowed to give away a certain amount during your lifetime without actually having to pay any gift taxes. As of the time of publication, you can give away $5,430,000 before you start owing gift taxes. For example, say you haven't made any taxable gifts in the past.
The annual exclusion is the maximum value of gifts you can give to each person. For example, during the 2016 tax year, the law allows you to make an unlimited number of tax-free gifts as long as no one receives more than $14,000. Therefore, you can make hundreds of $14,000 gifts without paying a dollar in gift tax as long as each recipient is a different person.