christislove
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What is the name of your state? FL
My father spent his time as a missionary in the U.S. and South America. In January 2020, he had a terrible accident for which he has been receiving treatment. After knowing about this accident, he received $66,730 as gifts from several kind hearted and generous persons in the U.S. although we did not make a request for help. Those gifts are in the form of cashier checks (total $20,300) and money orders (total $40,250) from anonymous donors. Few people mailed personal checks (total $6,180) and they are not anonymous. By God grace, my father has been recovering but, physically, he will never be the same as before. We carefully collected copies of each of those checks and money orders and deposited them in his personal account and used part of it for his treatment. Is he obligated to pay tax on any of these gifts? Please provide details as we have no experience in these matters. Can he donate any leftover gift money to a Church? My father is a resident of North Florida.
My father spent his time as a missionary in the U.S. and South America. In January 2020, he had a terrible accident for which he has been receiving treatment. After knowing about this accident, he received $66,730 as gifts from several kind hearted and generous persons in the U.S. although we did not make a request for help. Those gifts are in the form of cashier checks (total $20,300) and money orders (total $40,250) from anonymous donors. Few people mailed personal checks (total $6,180) and they are not anonymous. By God grace, my father has been recovering but, physically, he will never be the same as before. We carefully collected copies of each of those checks and money orders and deposited them in his personal account and used part of it for his treatment. Is he obligated to pay tax on any of these gifts? Please provide details as we have no experience in these matters. Can he donate any leftover gift money to a Church? My father is a resident of North Florida.