Unlike a will, a family trust can protect the ownership of your assets while you are alive. You transfer the legal ownership of the assets to the trust while continuing to use and enjoy them....
Forming a family trust is just one step in a comprehensive, personalised asset protection plan. For the lay person this is not the sort of plan that you can come up with on your own....
Many of us will inherit a share of the family home. I decided to look into the financial implications after watching a clip on TV about a woman who had lost all the proceeds from her mother’s house....
Gift duty was abolished with effect from 1 October 2011....
A question our Auckland lawyers and trust specialists are often asked is “What is a trust ?”...
Gift duty is to be abolished with effect from 1 October 2011....
The family trust is under siege as never before. Creditors, lawyers, government agencies and, yes, other family members ...
A trust is a form of transport, much like a container truck. The driver and co-driver are the Trustees, who are charged with ensuring the safe transportation of the container contents...
Based on current records, New Zealand has one of the highest numbers of trusts per head of population in comparison to other countries....