Posted on Sat Apr 4, 2015, on Estate Planning
My father wants to transfer a rental property he owns in Chester County into my name. If he does, will this gift avoid Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax?
As a Chester County resident, at your father’s death, all assets he leaves you at death (except life insurance) will be subject to the Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax at the 4.5% children’s rate. That includes all gifts made within one year of the date of his death. So, if he transfers the rental property into your name and lives for at least one more year, at his death you will avoid Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax payment.