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Financial Advisor November 2006 Renn & Seneco	Defective Thinking Wealthy clients can benefit by the carefully planned use of an intentionally defective grantor trust. A small gift, followed by an installment sale of property to an IDT can be an effective means to transfer assets with relatively little gift or estate tax cost.
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