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The Global Guide to Trusts: A systematic analysis of the legal regime and tax treatment of trusts in 28 jurisdictions 2nd isbn 9782970143208

The Global Guide to Trusts: A Systematic Analysis of the Legal Regime and Tax Treatment of Trusts in 21 Jurisdictions

Edited by: Jean-Marc Tirard

ISBN13: 9782970060291
New Edition ISBN: 9782970143208
Published: June 2017
Publisher: Academy & Finance
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Format: Hardback
Price: Out of print



The massive and growing increase in the use of trusts for estate planning and asset protection, particularly in civil law jurisdictions make it increasingly important for wealth planning practicioners to understand the complexity of the legal regime and the tax treatment of trusts worldwide and to plan for optimal specific solutions in each crossborder operations.

International tax planning stands to be enormously enhanced by the kind of analysis presented in this one-of-a-kind guide, combining as it does detailed answers on the tax treatment of trusts in 21 jurisdictions and practical guidance on international tax planning involving the use of trusts.

The Global Guide to Trusts represents the work of a team of outstanding tax practicioners under the editorship of a leading trust specialist. It facilitates the understanding of international tax issues and provides specific guidance in several facets of international taxation of trusts.

For each jurisdiction, the author answers the same set of 22 questions.

Legal Considerations

  • 1. What is the legal system based on in your jurisdiction?
  • 2. Is the concept of trust part of your domestic law?
  • 3. Has your country ratified the Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition?
  • 4. When the answer to the above two questions is negative, is a trust created under foreign law recognised as such? Alternatively, is the trust (or trustee) analogised to any specific type of domestic person or comparable entity?
  • 5. Are there “similar” or comparable legal structures which can be used in your jurisdiction instead of a trust for estate planning purposes?
  • 6. What legal constraints should be taken into consideration when transferring assets into a trust?
  • 7. Can a trust acquire property in its own name and be registered as such when registration is required? If not, can this be achieved, indirectly (for example, through a domestic or foreign corporation)?

Tax Considerations

  • 8. What are the main taxes which are relevant in respect of trusts?
  • 9. Has your jurisdiction developed specific tax rules to deal with trusts? As a general principle is the trust taxable as such or is it fiscally transparent with all or some taxes due differently according to the nature of the trust?
  • 10. Are domestic and foreign trusts treated differently in relation to tax?
  • 11. When is a trust considered to be resident for tax purposes in your jurisdiction?

Tax treatment of the creation of a trust

  • 12. What are the tax consequences of the creation of a trust?
  • 13. Are any transfer and/or capital gains tax due upon lifetime or testamentary transfers of assets to trusts?
  • 14. Is the treatment different depending on whether the transfer is made to a revocable or irrevocable trust? To a life interest or to a discretionary trust?

Tax treatment of income and capital gains

  • 15. Is a trust a taxable entity?
  • 16. If not, who is subject to income/capital gains taxes in respect of the trust’s income and gains?

Tax treatment of distribution from a trust to its beneficiaries

  • 17. What taxes apply to distributions of trust income to resident/non-resident beneficiaries?
  • 18. What taxes apply to distributions of capital gains from a trust?
  • 19. What taxes apply to distributions of capital from a trust?

Tax implications of settlor’s death

  • 20. What are the tax implications for the trust, trustee, settlor’s estate and/or beneficiaries of the settlor’s death?

Tax implications of the termination of a trust

  • 21. What are the tax implications for the trust, trustee, settlor and/or beneficiary on termination of a trust?

Reporting obligations

  • 22. Are the trust, trustees, settlors and/or beneficiaries subject to reporting obligations in relation to the trust?

Subjects:
Equity and Trusts, Other Jurisdictions , Banking and Finance, Taxation
Contents:
ARGENTINA Javier Canosa,
Canosa Abogados
AUSTRALIA Allan Blaikie & Natalie Hickman,
Clayton Utz
BELGIUM Jacques Malherbe,
Simont Braun
BRAZIL Giancarlo Matarazzo & Tatiana Fernandes Bomfim,
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
CANADA Marty Rochwerg, Wendi Crowe & Rahul Sharma,;
Miller Thomson
FRANCE Jean-Marc Tirard
GERMANY Dr. Christian von Oertzen & Dr. Marcel Lemmer,
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
HONG KONG William Ahern,
Family Capital Conservation
INDIA Daksha Baxi & Shabnam Shaikh,
Khaitan & Co
INDONESIA Freddy Karyadi,
ABNR Law
ISRAEL Shaul Grossman, Meitar Liquornik
Geva Leshem Tal
ITALY Nicola Saccardo,
Maisto e Associati
MEXICO Miguel Jáuregui Rojas,
Jáuregui y Del Valle
NETHERLANDS Thijs Clement,
Van Doorne N.V.
NEW ZEALAND John W. Hart,
John W Hart Limited
PORTUGAL Jorge de Abreu & Cidália Conceicao,
Abreu & Marques e Associados
RUSSIA Dmitry A. Pentsov,
Froriep
SPAIN Florentino Carreño, Cuatrecasas,
Goncalves Pereira
SWITZERLAND Xavier Oberson,
Oberson Abels
UK Clare Maurice,
Maurice Turnor Gardner
USA Ryan M. Harding,
McDermott Will & Emery
& Christiana Lazo,
Ropes & Gray;