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The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Family. Often, these gifts were paid for by voluntary ... have no idea that their gifts have been put up for grabs at a public auction. Six years ago, Fawcett, then Prince ... sales of unwanted royal gifts. The shock, at the time ... their finely-wrought gift offerings are to be dumped ...

Article: Gift taxes: getting shortchanged by the $25,000 lifetime ...
The Tax Adviser;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... for estate and gift tax purposes ... use against both gift tax on taxable lifetime gifts and estate tax ... over a number of years such that, by the year 2006, the unified ... taxable lifetime gifts and transfers ... the other hand, gift tax is based only ...

Article: Gift taxes: Beyond the $325,000 exemption increase
The CPA Journal;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... prior taxable gifts were made. Unused prior year exemption increases ... amount from gift tax this year. Example 2 ... lifetime taxable gifts in 1999, when ... transfers at death. Gift taxes paid by a decedent on gifts made within three years of death, however ...

Article: Gift Cards Preferred Over Cash by Gift Givers; ...
PR Newswire;  October 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... We're seeing that gift and spending cards ... receivers throughout the year." Survey respondents ... Benefits of purchasing gift cards include ... 45 percent said gifts cards benefit their ... they can get the gift they want and/or ... site in the coming year; * One quarter ...

Article: Gift cards find their place under tree
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Article: Gift cards are practical _ but check terms.(Life-Style)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Yet about 27 percent of adults who received gift cards last year still hadn't used them nearly a year later ... centers and state parks. Parks have offered gift certificates for years. But gift cards make it easier to keep track of the unused ...