Last Year Brandon Opened a Savings Account with a Deposit

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Last year Brandon opened a savings account with a deposit of $45,000. The account was in the name of Brandon and Melanie, joint tenancy with the right of survivorship. Melanie did not contribute to the account, but this year she withdrew $18,000. Has Brandon made a taxable gift to Melanie, and if so, in what amount?

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Inconsistent

Containing elements that are logically in conflict with each other, unable to be true in the same context or at the same time.

Truth Tables

A table used in the field of logic to calculate the values of logical expressions based on their arguments.

Consistent

This term refers to arguments or sets of statements that do not contain any contradictions between them.

Truth Value

The attribute of a statement that denotes its correctness or falsity.