When the trustee of a discretionary trust holding shares dividends can be passed on to beneficiaries of the trust and this includes beneficiaries...
I have a friend who is on the top marginal tax rate, has several properties in NSW, and has about $2mil in cash offsetting the property loans...
Getting your wage deposited into a trust Bank Account A client has advised they were ‘advised’, on an expensive course, to deposit their wage...
Hey team, I am looking for a property savvy accountant that can help me with figuring out the best way to structure a deal on a subdivision in...
There are various rules with trusts which can get trustees in trouble. One such rule is the TFN reporting rules. The trustee must get the TFN of...
Warning: This thread will contain content of a sexual nature. If you are offended by sex look away now. Trusts are private arrangements between...
Hi Just wondering if the laws / legislation applied to trusts and structuring have changed in the past few years.... I had a look into it a...
Legal Tip 226: Asset Protection Risks of Trusts with No Appointors Discretionary trusts usually have a position in the trust called that of...
There are several issues which can arise when a member of a trust loses their mental capacity. Trustees – a trustee must have mental capacity to...
Recently I have written about making a declaration of Trust Legal Tip 193: Declaration of Trust Legal Tip 193: Declaration of Trust...
A school could be a beneficiary of a Discretionary Trust if it meets the definition of beneficiary under the deed. This means it could receive...
A trust is not a legal person or a legal entity but is a relationship between at least 2 persons with obligations over property. A company is a...
For a trust to exist there must be at least one beneficiary, but there is no legal requirement that the beneficiary must be alive at the date the...
Trusts with just one beneficiary are usually bare trusts. But it is possible that a discretionary trust could have just one beneficiary. It would...
Yes, a trustee can be a beneficiary of a trust, but it can’t be the only beneficiary. The definition of a trust is someone holding some property...
I would like to tell you, but it is a secret. These are trusts, usually set up under a will, where property is left to a person on an undisclosed...
The term ‘Quistclose’ comes from the name of a company (Quistclose Investments Ltd) involved in litigation in 1970 in the UK (Barclays Bank Ltd v...
Can a Trust Distribute Franking Credits to Someone Other than the Dividend Recipient? No. Franking credits are not income as defined in the tax...
The biggest downfall with discretionary trusts is that the assets of the trust cannot be passed on via the will of the person that controls the...
We have seen that it can be possible for a discretionary trust to distribute income to a SMSF if the SMSF is a beneficiary of the trust. See my...
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