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The world has changed – does your estate plan need to change with it?

Private Clients| 13 Apr 2021

The world has changed – does your estate plan need to change with it?

The pandemic has resulted in significant global change, but it may also mean that it is time to have a look at the impact closer to home in relation to personal estate planning.

Changes to powers of attorney and advance health directives: Queensland

Private Clients| 07 Dec 2020

Changes to powers of attorney and advance health directives: Queensland

Changes to Queensland’s guardianship laws are now in force. The amendments, which came into effect on 30 November 2020, relate to the Guardianship and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Qld).

Trusts and the foreign person duty and land tax surcharge: act before it’s too late!

Private Clients| 19 Nov 2020

Trusts and the foreign person duty and land tax surcharge: act before it’s too late!

As 2020 nears to a close, advisors should note the impending 31 December deadline in NSW to exclude foreign persons as beneficiaries of discretionary trusts, to prevent these trusts from becoming foreign persons for the purposes of surcharge duty and land tax.

Keeping it in the family: asset protection, succession planning and bankruptcy

Private Clients| 22 Oct 2020

Keeping it in the family: asset protection, succession planning and bankruptcy

Bankruptcy concerns are becoming very real for many clients in the succession planning space. Fortunately, there are strategies you can put in place to limit the exposure of your assets to creditors both during your lifetime and on your death.

Do you have a client who is a member of the Bank of Mum and Dad?

Private Clients| 15 Sep 2020

Do you have a client who is a member of the Bank of Mum and Dad?

We have had many recent enquiries where Mum and Dad have been asked to act as guarantors for a loan. We highlight the potential asset protection benefits of your clients formally loaning, as opposed to gifting, money to their family ...