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grantor-retained annuity trust

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A quick definition of grantor-retained annuity trust:

A Grantor-Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) is a type of trust that helps people reduce taxes on their estate. The person creating the trust (called the grantor) puts assets into the trust for a certain amount of time and pays taxes at the beginning. The grantor then receives a fixed amount of money each year from the trust, based on the value of the assets. When the trust ends, the assets go to the beneficiaries without any taxes. There are some rules that must be followed, like making sure the trust earns enough interest and that it cannot be changed once it is created.

A more thorough explanation:

A Grantor-Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) is a type of trust that individuals can set up to reduce taxes on their estate. It is an irrevocable trust that pays the grantor a non-variable sum as annuity payments based on the fair market value of the trust assets, according to a rate set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations. The trust is for a limited period of time, and at the end of its lifetime, the assets are passed to the beneficiaries without estate or gift taxes.

For example, let's say John sets up a GRAT and funds it with $1 million worth of stocks. The IRS sets the annuity rate at 5%, so John receives $50,000 per year for the trust's lifetime. After 10 years, the trust ends, and the remaining assets are passed to John's children without any estate or gift taxes.

GRATs have a few unique elements to them. First, the trust must earn interest equal to or higher than the rate set by the IRS. If the interest rate is lower or the grantor dies before the trust ends, the trust will be closed with the assets going to the estate, not the beneficiaries. Second, the trust must be irrevocable in order to receive the tax benefits of a GRAT. Lastly, the grantor may exchange similar investments with the trust to make sure that the trust makes the required amount of interest every year.

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BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:34
@m10: 110% agree, china has a truly amazing HUMINT network and espionage skills that much of our military is infiltrated or committing willful negligence of duty in prevent and protection. @babycat: PSYOP is pretty small on the AD side but I left the community to go play with Apaches and drones in 2018/19
10:35
Daily check in , stay chillin
10:35
anyone touring hls today?
10:35
Same @m10
10:36
also my softs are bordering t3-t2. would it be worth for me to R+R if im trying for t4
soap
10:36
Maybe see where you get in, then R&R if you feel it’s necessary?
m10
10:36
Psyop guys will try and convince you they are like secret masterminds. I had this one guy whose wife would call me every week and she would tell me about how her husband just like disappeared and could not be found cus he was a specialy trained psyop officer. I found his phone number and called him the same day online. That woman was gaslit so hard.
babycat
10:37
is t4 HYSC? yeah prob your odds are not too great for those with 3.7 and 171 unless you’re really extraordinary
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
10:37
I agree with soap on this one, just wait it out and see where you get into. You could always transfer (although I wouldn't go in with the intention of transferring)
soap
10:37
Transferring is hard and you don’t get money. I wouldn’t do anything with the intent of transferring
Disagree with the transfer. But, yeah a 3.7, 171 is not HYSC material—so unless you’re a Rhodes scholar, or something it is highly unlikely.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:38
did he mean t14
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:38
I’ve never heard anyone call it t4 hahah
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:39
I thought it was always t6 and t3
soap
10:39
If you’re aiming for T14, that’s definitely doable
10:39
nah t4 is a thing, maybe old ive been on lsa and lsd for like 4 years now lol
m10
10:39
Fuck this all reminds me. I got to call and see if I am still being deposed.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
10:40
@Mostlylegal: oh oops hehe
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:40
@m10: most of PSYOP are guys who failed SFAS and Ranger so much so they can't go back and think being SOCOM makes them SF. I loved the cultural side of it all, going to embassies and running influence operations. Doing KLEs and training with foreign militaries was amazing. Learned so much about the world by talking to those who live all over it. Then got lucky and worked with a Marine HIT overseas and would tag along when they kidnapped people to do some stuff lol The rest of the time was a lot of reports and KLEs
babycat
10:40
t4 is a concept being perpetuated by Big Chicago
soap
10:41
Chicago rejected me in undergrad, so I have beef
shaquilleoatmeal
10:41
Was there an hls ii wave yesterday?? Didn’t go online at all and feel out of the loop lmfao
m10
10:42
@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: Did not know that but it makes sense. That sounds like a cool career. I would have liked to have done that too. I really would have just liked to have gone OCONUS once.
m10
10:44
I was talking to this 88H in a bar last weekend and he had some wild story about being interrogated by the FBI and CIA and shit to get a top-secret clearance or something so he could drive a forklift around Europe, Korea, and Africa. It sounded like a bunch of bullshit to me but do you know if something like that could be true?
babycat
10:45
@shaquilleoatmeal: yeah so I’ve heard
i don't know any of this military talk but i was going to be a combat medic or trauma surgeon for so long before i went this track lol, so my only exposure is seriously looking and visiting places like west point for recruitment lol. i speak russian so everyone always told me that raises your chances at those places lol
my brother is a combat medic too
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
10:46
@m10: was a great career, the main job is being a cultural expert building rapport and relationships with foreign nationals, militaries and even people hostile to make the area safer and at times bring in the ODAs or three letter guys to train, arm and fund them to aid in their(our) cause. OCONUS is great but not necessary, I only did two real deployments but a lot of missions to places. That is all 110% BS. I have a TS-SCI, worked with federal agencies they do nothing crazy like that.
shaquilleoatmeal
10:47
Damn - 3rd invite missed smh no love for me from hls
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