Annuity Payment Analysis for Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts

Overview

A grantor retained annuity trust (“GRAT”) is an estate planning instrument that may be used to transfer wealth from the trust grantors to the trust beneficiaries. In this overview of GRATs, learn how annuity payment analysis works and the considerations the valuation analysts should keep in mind when it is time to estimate the fair market value of the underlying GRAT assets.

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