The grantor carries several legal responsibilities during a real estate transaction. One of the primary duties is to provide ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Investopedia / Mira Norian A grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) is an estate planning tool used to minimize taxes on large ...

A revocable trust is a flexible legal entity/financial structure that allows the individual who creates it, the grantor, to change or remove the trust's assets. The grantor may also amend the ...

The current Congress is mulling making major changes to grantor trust rules. These changes would likely make future grantor trusts have little or no estate or gift tax value. But most everyone ...

Typically, a trust must file a separate income tax return for each calendar year. However, for most grantor trusts, filing a separate tax return is optional. The general rule and the alternative ...