McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

Exercise 23

This year Colleen transferred $100,000 to an irrevocable trust that pays equal shares of income annually to three cousins (or their estates) for the next eight years.At that time, the trust is terminated and the corpus of the trust reverts to Colleen.Determine the amount, if any, of the current gifts and the taxable gifts.If necessary, you may assume the relevant interest rate is 6 percent and Colleen is unmarried.What is your answer if Colleen is married and she elects to gift-split with her spouse?