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Using family trusts to minimise tax is on the nose: so why are policy makers silent?

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imageDiscretionary trusts allows for the “dishing out” of gifts, often to family members.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

The general public know there is something “not right” with the tax treatment of family trusts (discretionary trusts). Accountants and tax lawyers working with discretionary trusts know first hand that...

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