Hi all
I will probably be buying my grandmother's home from my dad later this year. The assessed value is $110,000 he wants to sell it to me for $80,000. I want to make sure we're both doing this on the up and up. I think from my end, there will be nothing to do except for sign the documents for the sale of the house. I think he will pay gift tax on the $30k-13k annual gift exclusion, and then have to report it as a gift on his taxes. Is it as simple as that? Will I have to do anything for my taxes as well? At closing should there be anything in writing that shows where the other $30,000 went? Thanks-
I will probably be buying my grandmother's home from my dad later this year. The assessed value is $110,000 he wants to sell it to me for $80,000. I want to make sure we're both doing this on the up and up. I think from my end, there will be nothing to do except for sign the documents for the sale of the house. I think he will pay gift tax on the $30k-13k annual gift exclusion, and then have to report it as a gift on his taxes. Is it as simple as that? Will I have to do anything for my taxes as well? At closing should there be anything in writing that shows where the other $30,000 went? Thanks-