annuity
81Charitable Gift Annuity — A Charitable Gift Annuity is a gift vehicle that falls in the category of Planned Giving. It involves a contract between a donor and a charity, whereby the donor transfers cash or property to the charity in exchange for a partial tax deduction… …
82Equity-indexed annuity — An equity index annuity in the United States is a type of tax deferred annuity whose credited interest is linked to an equity index SEE EXAMPLE HERE>> [http://ffradvisor.com/marketindex.html] , and typically uses the S P 500 or international… …
83Life annuity — The life annuity is a financial contract according to which a seller (issuer) typically a financial institution such as a life insurance company makes a series of payments in the future to the buyer (annuitant) in exchange for the immediate… …
84Private annuity trust — A private annuity trust (PAT) enables the value of highly appreciated assets, such as real estate, collectables or an investment portfolio, to be realized without directly selling them and incurring substantial taxes from their sale. A PAT can… …
85Future Value Of An Annuity — The value of a group of payments at a specified date in the future. These payments are known as an annuity, or set of cash flows. The future value of an annuity measures how much you would have in the future given a specified rate of return or… …
86Cash Refund Annuity — An annuity contract that returns funds back to a beneficiary in the event that the annuitant dies too early. A cash refund annuity has a provision which stipulates that if the annuitant passes away before the annuity payments received equal the… …
87Deferred Annuity — A type of annuity contract that delays payments of income, installments or a lump sum until the investor elects to receive them. This type of annuity has two main phases, the savings phase in which you invest money into the account, and the… …
88Ordinary Annuity — A series of equal payments made at the end of each period over a fixed amount of time. While the payments in an annuity can be made as frequently as every week, in practice, ordinary annuity payments are made monthly, quarterly, semi annually or… …
89Wraparound Annuity — A type of annuity that allows the investor (the holder of the annuity) control in the underlying investments in the annuity plan. An annuity is tax deferred contract sold my an insurance copany that pays an income benefit on a regular basis for… …
90Grantor Retained Annuity Trust — A Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (commonly referred to by the acronym GRAT) , is a financial instrument commonly used in the United States to make large financial gifts to family members without paying a U.S. gift tax. [… …
