SINCE 1828
gift tax
nounLegal Definition of gift tax
: an excise tax imposed on a donor for gifts of property made during the donor's lifetime — see also annual exclusion, gift sense 3, split gift at gift, unified transfer tax — compare death tax, estate tax, generation-skipping transfer tax
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