Most people are not too worried about the new, higher ceiling of the estate tax. However, there are plenty of good reasons to give away assets before death, even for people of more modest means. Federal law now allows people to give away $15,000 to an individual each year.
So, people with five grandchildren can give away up to $75,000, $15,000 to each of them each year.
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