There are still some questions raised, about giving wedding gifts, here are most of them. A wedding invitation arrives and with it is information of the store and their wish list in bridal registry, where the couple listed gifts that they would like to receive. What shall the guest do if they are not planning to attend the wedding?

If you do not plan to attend the wedding celebration, its ok not to buy gifts, but it will be nice, if you send one , whether youre attending or not.

If you receive a wedding invitation with the couples bridal registry wish list, it doesnt mean that you need to buy the wedding gifts listed there. Although it would be a favor for the couple to get what they wished for it doesnt mean that your gift is not as valuable to them.

Giving gifts to family and charity while you’re alive can be a boon to them – and your estate.

Estate planning isn’t just about how you want your assets distributed after you die. It’s about deciding how much you want to give away while you’re still alive. If you plan carefully – so you don’t outlive your assets – giving allows you to reduce your taxable estate and provide advance help to your beneficiaries.

There are two easy ways to give gifts without incurring the gift tax:

Let’s first know what free gift cards are and why merchants, both online and physical stores give them to their regular customers. It should be noticeable that nothing in this world can come totally free, so often the people who make out free gift cards make their money somewhere else.

The first few factors you need to know about free gift cards are they are kind of expenditures on advertisements. Stores will give them for two major reasons; retain an current customer and for recruiting new ones. Gift cards are actually a giveaway of a part of the profits they made in some purchases you made earlier. If you can produce evidences to show your purchases and the store has a free gift card program then you will be entitled to receive these cards which you can redeem at the right time.

Buying all your needs from the same store has advantages, especially at the time they issue free gift cards. Stores usually make some extra efforts to reward loyal buyers even if that means giving away freebies. So keep to the same store every time you make a purchase, but take care to see that they dont overcharge you for the regular purchases. The other thing you need to understand is whether they have a regular free gift card program and how often they do it. The ones with regular programs should work fine for you.