Linking 709 to 1040 in ATX

[ILLMAS]

I will be preparing my first gift tax, in ATX do I have to prepare the return separately from the 1040 or do they have to be linked?  I don’t see any tax due from the gift.

 

thanks

[Margaret CPA in OH]

They are not linked.  All the information needed is on each return ( names, SSNs, etc.).  It would be a surprise to see tax due given the exclusion of $11,580,000.  None of my clients gift that much!