The Generation-Skipping Transfer (“GST”) tax is designed to prevent taxpayers from avoiding estate tax on a child’s inheritance at the child’s death by “skipping” inheritances over children to grandchildren. Each person...more
In 2018, each person has a lifetime gift tax exemption of $11,180,000 and a lifetime generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption amount of $11,180,000. In addition to these lifetime exemption amounts, a donor may make...more