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2023-05-05 20:43:52 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The IRS makes it clear that reporting and paying gift taxes are the responsibility of the donor (person making the gift), not the recipient of the gift. As the recipient, there was nothing for Justice Thomas to declare on his taxes. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-news/at-01-31.pdf https://www.irs.gov/faqs/interest-dividends-other-types-of-income/gifts-inheritances/gifts-inheritances-1 https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i709

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• The IRS makes it clear that reporting and paying gift taxes are the responsibility of the donor (person making the gift), not the recipient of the gift. As the recipient, there was nothing for Justice Thomas to declare on his taxes. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-news/at-01-31.pdf https://www.irs.gov/faqs/interest-dividends-other-types-of-income/gifts-inheritances/gifts-inheritances-1 https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i709