In Sword v. Commissioner, the court ruled that interest in property given as part of the annual gift tax exclusion can be converted to a joint tenancy if the instrument utilized to make the transfer creates it. Thus, depreciation expenses in a property can be shared by the gift recipient of the interest in property.
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Posted by Shahzeb Gaziani, Senior Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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