Reference no: EM131102951

Suppose someone wants to give you $10,000 and assume there is no way to avoid gift tax of 6%. They decide to give you money, in addition to gift amount, to cover the tax. there's the problem. Since the second amount is also a gift, there is also a give tax. They have to give you enough to cover the initial amount, gift tax, and the tax on the gift of the gift tax. How far would you have to go to receive $10,000. How would you determine how much the initial gift needs to be in order for the reciepient to recieve $10,000