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For the Record - Dec. 7, 2017

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Gift tax: In the Dec. 5 Section A, an article about the sticking points between the House and Senate tax bills said both would double the annual exclusion from the federal tax on gifts to children or other people. The bills do not change the annual gift tax exclusion, but they do double the lifetime gift tax exclusion as part of the changes to the estate tax exemption.

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