<prompt> Human: I own a house in Colorado that I bought previous to getting married . Is there a big tax advantage to putting her name on the title to inherit the house or just leave it to her in my will ?  <response>: Tax consequences are almost nonexistent either way unless youre a strange case.With devised property under a will, the beneficiary gets an upstepped cost basis of the property to what its value is on the date of your death. So no net gain.With a quitclaim deed while youre alive, every state that Im aware of has a statute that says transfers between spouses are tax free. You just have to pay the recording fee. 