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    1. U.S. Code
    2. Title 26
    3. Subtitle A
    4. CHAPTER 1
    5. Subchapter B
    6. PART III

    § 102 Gifts and inheritances

    (a) General rule

    Gross income does not include the value of property acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or inheritance.

    (b) Income

    Subsection (a) shall not exclude from gross income—

    (1) the income from any property referred to in subsection (a); or

    (2) where the gift, bequest, devise, or inheritance is of income from property, the amount of such income.

    (c) Employee gifts

    (1) In general

    Subsection (a) shall not exclude from gross income any amount transferred by or for an employer to, or for the benefit of, an employee.

    (2) Cross references

    For provisions excluding certain de minimis fringes from gross income, see .