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Posted on 2/28/22 at 9:05 pm to
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
57073 posts
Posted on 2/28/22 at 9:05 pm to
If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
100132 posts
Posted on 2/28/22 at 10:57 pm to
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If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.


I'm on my parents' accounts and they've not had to do any of that.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 2/28/22 at 10:57 pm to
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If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9719 posts
Posted on 2/28/22 at 10:59 pm to
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If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.


How much money was in this fricking checking account?
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
8794 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 7:22 am to
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If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.



I'll admit that I am not money-savvy. Is this a good or a bad thing?
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
92597 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 7:26 am to
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you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.


That’s some fricking bullshite
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
9882 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:15 am to
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If you get added to an elderly relatives checking account to take care of things easily when they pass, it subjects the relative to Gift Tax rules and filings.


So what do you do? Get power of attorney? I'm getting into this situation.
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