The July 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is the same as the June 2025 Section 7520 rate...more
7/7/2025
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December 2024 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The December Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs,...more
11/27/2024
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June 2024 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The June Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs...more
6/12/2024
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Required Minimum Distributions ,
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SECURE Act ,
Split-Interest Charitable Trusts ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Wealth Management
January 2024 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts -
The January applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a defective grantor...more
Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting -
On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more
12/12/2023
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Venture Capital ,
Wealth Management
November Interest Rates for GRATS, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The November Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs,...more
11/14/2023
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Wealth Management
The August 2023 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5%, an increase from the July 2023 rate of 4.6%. The August applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale...more
8/3/2023
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June 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The June Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs...more
6/6/2023
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IRS ,
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Wealth Management
May 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The May Section 7520 rate for use in estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more
The April Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.0%. The April applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a defective grantor trust or intra-family loan...more
4/12/2023
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Grantor Trusts ,
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Irrevocable Trusts ,
IRS ,
Life Insurance ,
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Split-Interest Charitable Trusts ,
Transfer Taxes ,
Trustees ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wealth Management
March 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts -
The March applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a defective grantor trust,...more
February 2023 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts -
The February applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a defective grantor...more
2/6/2023
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Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) ,
Grantor Trusts ,
Intra-Family Loans ,
IRS ,
Qualified Charitable Distributions ,
Retirement Plan ,
Roth IRA ,
SECURE Act ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Split-Interest Charitable Trusts ,
Wealth Management
December 2022 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts -
Federal interest rates increased quite significantly for December of 2022...more
February 2022 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts....more
1/31/2022
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Grantor Trusts ,
Interest Rates ,
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Wealth Management ,
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February 2020 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts -
The February Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs,...more