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They Gave the Kids the Lake House and Filed a Gift-Tax Return Showing Nothing Owed. Three Years Later the IRS Lost the Right to Ever Argue About What the House Was Worth

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A single IRS form that reports zero tax owed can permanently seal a gift's valuation from future audit, yet most families never file it, leaving a window open that the government can crawl through decades later.