grantor
IPA: grˈæntɝ
noun
- (law) A person who grants something.
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Examples of "grantor" in Sentences
- Also, if the grantor is a woman, her husband, for the reasons given, should join with her in the execution of the deed.
- Finally, consider taking advantage of a potentially vanishing opportunity with short term grantor-retained annuity trusts (GRATs).
- The applicable federal rate, used for a tax-planning vehicle known as a grantor retained annuity trust, will be 1.4 percent for October.
- Because these are so-called grantor trusts, Mr. Kleinhandler won't owe a dime of tax on the gains he realizes by selling his investments to the trust.
- Uncle Sam uses it to calculate tax values for gifts donated to certain trusts known as grantor-retained annuity trusts and grantor-retained unit trusts.
- Three years earlier, that firm had obtained a patent on a strategy that involved funding so-called grantor retained annuity trusts or GRATs with nonqualified stock options.
- The vehicle, known as a grantor-retained annuity trust, or GRAT, potentially allows the grantor of a trust to pass on much of the appreciation of an asset to heirs free of gift tax.
- The tax increases include one that would raise $5.3 billion over the next decade by limiting taxpayers 'ability to avoid gift taxes by setting up trusts known as grantor retained annuity trusts.
- The prospect of a government attack on a popular estate-planning technique, referred to as a grantor retained annuity trust, or GRAT, has been a topic of much discussion among wealth advisors and tax professionals over the past several months.
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