re: One time gifts person to person and tax deduction (updated)

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However the gifting exclusion only prevents them from having to pay income tax, it does not allow you to deduct that amount from your tax liability, unless of course they are considered a charitable organization, or so is my understanding

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I was partly wrong, the 14K exclusion has nothing to do with the recipient paying income tax, the IRS states that a received gift is not taxable, however the 14k prevents the DONOR from having to pay a gift tax, which is total BS, the donor already paid tax when they made the money the first time.

But nevertheless the donor never gets a deduction for gifting, save to a charitable organization

This whole exercise is just an example of how screwed up our tax code is and how it continues to bleed from the ones who do to provide for those that don't