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Grantor Retained Income Trust
(redirected from Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts)

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Grantor Retained Income Trust (GRIT)
A tax-saving trust in which a grantor transfers property to a beneficiary, but receives income until termination, at which time the beneficiary begins receiving the income.

Grantor Retained Income Trust
A trust in which the grantor places some assets for the beneficiary, but retains the right to receive income from those assets up to a certain point, at which time the beneficiary begins to receive the income. This allows the beneficiary to receive income from the trust without being subject to the estate tax. A disadvantage is the possibility that the grantor will die before the expiration of the trust, which results in the assets transferring to the grantor's estate. In that case, the beneficiary does not receive anything. It is also called a grantor retained annuity trust.


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In addition, the uncertainty of upcoming Congressional action before the scheduled reinstatement of the federal estate tax on January 1, 2011 has caused many families and individuals to consider various types of such gift strategies, including outright gifts and gifts leveraged by trusts, such as grantor retained annuity trusts ("GRATs") and charitable lead annuity trusts ("CLATs").
5982)--which contained 13 provisions the House had previously approved in other legislation-nine of them affecting multinationals and one requiring a minimum 10-year term for grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs).
Level Four: Qualified Personal Residence Trusts and Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts The situation for level four planning is the additional need to reduce your estate after your $1 million/$2 million gift-tax exemption has been used.
 
 
 
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