Puff, the Magic Dragon - Parodies. 1  In the mid 1970s an American Jewish band named Ruach created a parody version of the song entitled Puff the Kosher Dragon.
Pay tuition directly to the college. If you are considering making an outright cash gift, another option is to bypass your grandchild and pay the college directly. Under federal law, tuition payments made directly to a college aren't considered taxable gifts, no matter how large the payment.
The gift tax is a tax on the transfer of property by one individual to another while receiving nothing, or less than full value, in return. The tax applies whether the donor intends the transfer to be a gift or not. The gift tax applies to the transfer by gift of any property.