Trusts & asset planning

You don’t need to be a professional to be a school trustee, but you do need common sense, to work well in a team, and to be prepared to ask questions. … Read More

Trustees and board members of incorporated charitable trusts or societies can be personally liable if the trust or society has not kept proper accounts that give a true and fair view of the affairs of the entity.… Read More

What is the personal risk to you if you are a board member of a charity?… Read More

Keep your register of officers up to date to avoid your charity losing its charitable status.… Read More

You may be a beneficiary under a trust you have set up or set up by your parents or by a wife, husband or partner – what does that entitle you to?… Read More

Parliament has abolished gift duty from 1 October 2011. 
That means that from 1 October you can make a gift of any size without incurring gift duty (tax). … Read More

A memorandum of wishes is often signed in conjunction with a trust deed. What is it?… Read More

Whether a trust will provide you with protection in this situation will depend largely on timing. A trust is an ideal structure to protect assets acquired before or in the early stages of a relationship.… Read More

If you have a family trust, it is very important that it is run and administered properly. This means not treating the trust’s assets as if they still belong to you, but recognising that ownership of those assets is held by the trustees for the benefit of the trust’s beneficiaries.… Read More

Many thousands of people are executors and/or trustees of their friend’s or family member’s will but what does this mean and what does it involve?… Read More