TinkerBelleLuvr
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? MI/FL
In the Wall Street Journal today, there was an article about trimming 2007 taxes. They mentioned a change for 2008 - I'm not sure if it will affect my 18yo daughter.
The exact verbage is:
My daughter has stocks that I have been selling to pay for her tuition. I am the custodian. Technically, her funds are supporting her, so that neither her father nor I will able to claim her as a dependent. I will have her claim herself on her taxes for 2007. Neither one of us would be able to demonstrate that we pay over 1/2 her support. Will she be subject to this tax, since she will NOT be a dependent of either of us? My gut feel says NO. I could not find anything on the IRS website to give me guidance. I may be looking to sell some additional stocks this year, instead of in the summer of 2008.
In the Wall Street Journal today, there was an article about trimming 2007 taxes. They mentioned a change for 2008 - I'm not sure if it will affect my 18yo daughter.
The exact verbage is:
The question is:A law enacted earlier this year will expand the reach of the kiddie tax, which generally requires a child's income above a certain amount to be taxed at the parent's higher rate. But this change won't take effect until next year, thus creating tax-saving opportunities this year for some families.
for 2007, investment income above $1700 for a child 17yo or younger typically is subject to tax at the parent's rate, assuming it's higher than the child's. Starting next year, the age limit generally will rise to kids who are 18, or full-time students over 18 but under 24. (The expanded provision won't apply to some kids with paid jobs.) Congress made the change after this column reported that some wealthy families were planning to take advantage of the separate tax change designed to benefit low-income taxpayers.
Since the higher age limit won't apply until next month, there is now "a small window of opportunity" for some people to transfer securities that have gone up in value over the years to kids 18 or older as of Dec. 31, 2007, and who will be subject to the kiddie tax next year, says ....
My daughter has stocks that I have been selling to pay for her tuition. I am the custodian. Technically, her funds are supporting her, so that neither her father nor I will able to claim her as a dependent. I will have her claim herself on her taxes for 2007. Neither one of us would be able to demonstrate that we pay over 1/2 her support. Will she be subject to this tax, since she will NOT be a dependent of either of us? My gut feel says NO. I could not find anything on the IRS website to give me guidance. I may be looking to sell some additional stocks this year, instead of in the summer of 2008.