4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (510+ words) Half of Scotland's legacy income goes to just 50 charities Development trusts across Scotland are being urged to tap into the growing potential of gifts left in wills. It comes as new research is highlighting a largely untapped source of income…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (981+ words) Your guide to planning and enjoying a financially secure and richly rewarding retirement, sent three times a week. Protect the trust's assets and yourself. Here is a step-by-step guide to the legal, financial and personal responsibilities of administering an estate's…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (100+ words) Draft rules force trustees to choose between a 30 per cent minimum tax rate and locking in permanent beneficiary splits before June 2029. Wealthy families and business owners face a surprise deadline for making high-stakes decisions about inheritances after Labor announced a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (102+ words) ‘Grinding halt’: Family trust formation smashed by new tax AFR The formation of new discretionary trusts has plunged since budget night, with a leading trust documentation provider revealing a 70 per cent fall in July and August. The plunge on Hub24’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) Under Indian income-tax law, the residential status of a trust determines the scope of income that may be subject to tax in India—broadly, worldwide income for a resident trust and India-sourced income for a non-resident trust. Indian tax law…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (480+ words) In 1983, one small state quietly rewrote the rules that had forced every family trust to eventually dissolve, and the legal structure it created lets you protect generational wealth from estate taxes without ever setting foot there. Life After Work desk....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (507+ words) William Randolph Hearst built a media empire, died in 1951, and somehow his trust is still running in 2026 without a single public filing. The legal trick his lawyers used is older than America, and it is sitting in the… Life After…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) They inherited $900,000 from their dad. Here’s how two siblings split it with a brother who’s bad with money That night, Ryan got out a calculator and crunched the numbers for the grand total of his father’s old certificates combined: almost…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1024+ words) India is seeing growing interest in private family trusts, particularly among High Networth Individuals (HNIs) and Ultra High Networth Individuals (UHNIs), promoters and business families. The reasons go beyond wealth protection: succession planning, continuity of family businesses and managing assets…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (333+ words) Integrity measures to prevent the misuse of testamentary trusts need a safe harbour to prevent estate plans and death benefits being excluded. The SMSF Association has noted proposed changes to exempt testamentary trusts from a new 30 per cent tax, while…...