<prompt> Human: Will I cause them to get a big tax bill? They also have part of their property as exclusive farm use, if that makes any difference. To be clear, Im not doing this as anything other than a nice gesture towards my parents, but I want to make sure its not going to cause them any headaches first.  <response>: Well, other than having them become dependent on you and eating your food before it even hits the fridgepantry, and laying on your couch playing video games all day, and not taking out the trash when asked, and asking to borrow your car...wait, no this would be paying them back for doing that, Good on ya OP. Could you just start paying them back or giving them an early christmas present I dont think 8k would be taxed over a bunch of small payments. 