Asset Protection

Different Business Structures: Part 5: Discretionary Trust

by Gavin Bateman 23 October 2009

A discretionary trust is one of the most common small business structures in Australia. This is sometimes called a “family trust”.

In an ordinary discretionary trust, the beneficiaries do not have a fixed entitlement or fixed interest in the trust funds.

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Different Business Structures: Part 4: Unit Trust

by Gavin Bateman 23 October 2009

A unit trust is a trust in which the trust property is divided into a number of defined shares called units. The beneficiaries subscribe for the units in much the same way as shareholders in a company subscribe for shares.

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Different Business Structures: Part 2: Company

by Gavin Bateman 24 September 2009

Advantages and Disadvantages of using company as business structure

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Different Business Structures

by Gavin Bateman 17 September 2009

In this series of articles we will look at the different business structures available, and give you the advantages and disadvantages of each structure.

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