How to control a family trust when you die – our free downloadable Guide

It’s pretty common to hold assets in a family trust. We do this to protect the assets and to minimise our taxes. That’s all well and good until it comes to estate planning. If you have a family trust then you need to give some very careful thought about how you are going to pass the trust (and its assets) to the next generation.

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