Trust

What is a trust?

A trust is a structure where a trustee carries out the business on behalf of the trust’s members (or beneficiaries). A trust is not a separate legal entity.

A trustee may be an individual or a company. The trustee is legally liable for the debts of the trust and may use its assets to meet those debts. However, if there is a shortfall the trustee is responsible for the difference.

A trust is set up through a trust deed and there are two main types: discretionary or unit trusts.

In a discretionary trust, the trustee has discretion in the distribution of funds to each beneficiary. In a unit trust, the interest in the trust is divided into units with their distribution determined by the number of units held by each member.

Advantages and disadvantages of a trust

The advantages of a trust include:

Asset protection and limited liability
Flexible for tax purposes
Beneficiaries are not liable for trust debts
Flexibility on income distribution

The disadvantages of a trust include:

Highly costly to establish
Complex legal structure
Extensive regulations
Difficulty to change structure after its set up

How we can help

Trust is the most complex of the basic structures to set up and administer. We can help handle the complexity so you can peace of mind that your family and assets are protected with ease and comfort.

We can help with

Trust set-up including stamping
Corporate trustee set-up
ABN and TFN registration for the trust and trustee company
Creating the Trust Deed and Constitution for the trustee company
Optimising trust performance and tax outcomes for the trust and beneficiaries
Managing ongoing tax, PAYG and GST compliance for the trust, trustee and beneficiaries
ASIC reporting and returns

Success stories

How Wilson & Associates helps us with our profit turn-around and growth strategies – by Dr. Watson, CEO, Ethos Health,13/06/2018

A profit turn-around of almost 300%

20% savings on a tax assessment, coupled with 20% annual savings in tax compliance

A rigorous growth budget with full alignment of strategic objectives with executional strategies in terms of people and marketing.

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Wilson & Assoc provides robust planning, rigorous performance management, commercial and strategic advice, and helps drive profit and accelerated growth.

Improve cash flow. Maintain high level of trust and confidence with suppliers, during short cash-tight periods.

First year of engagement (F17) – reduce operating loss by 2/3

Second year (F18) turn-around to profit

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What we are about

We are a leading chartered accounting firm providing Tax and External CFO services.

We provide financial clarity and structure, illuminate roadmap to vision, translate strategies to actionable plans, help build agility and resilience to thrive under all conditions.

We bring 25 years of experience solving complex problems at large corporates to servicing clients without the big costs.

Our mission is to help clients create the financial future they want. Our business is to help save tax, build wealth, and grow amazing business. Our brand is built on trust. Our reputation is built on mastery and integrity. Our success is measured by the values we create for clients.

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