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suzannewxy
Mar 6, 2012, 10:22 AM
Is it wise to add my name to the deed on parents home in Virginia to avoid outrageous inheritance taxes?

MukatA
Mar 6, 2012, 10:50 AM
If it is not inheritance, it will be treated as gift. And your parents must pay gift tax.
In 2011 and 2012 and estate tax exclusion amount is 5 million and the estate tax rate is 35%. http://taxipay.blogspot.in/2008/02/tax-on-inheritances.html

ebaines
Mar 6, 2012, 12:29 PM
The web site that Mukata referenced has a glaring error - the first sentence seems to have left the word "not" out, so it reads as if heirs must pay federal inheritance tax. It should read as follows:

Any money and property you receive as inheritance, you (the receiver) do not pay any federal tax except if you inherit a traditional IRA.