信託系列(3) – 家庭信托

上期我们具体解释和说明家庭信托里面的各个角色和职能,相信大家已经对家庭信托有有一定程度的了解和认识,这期我们将继续介绍家庭信托的几大好处.

  • 税务优惠.这可能是现代信托最主要的一个用途。 一般来说, 家庭信托具有自由分配净收入的功能,不需要按照具体的比例去分配每年的净收入.这样家庭信托就可以按照实际需要, 合理而且灵活的分配资金.通常家庭信托通过把净收入分配给低收入的受益人, 然后每个受益人按自己的税率来承担税务的. 这样不仅使总收入享受较低的税率,还能保留个人资本增值税的优惠.
  • 资产保护,这是很多人忽略的优点.在家庭信托里面, 信托人(Trustee)、受益人(Beneficiaries)和指定人(Appointor)他们在法律上都不具备的财产拥有权.这样一来家庭信托里面的任何角色在进行其他经济活动的时候都不会影响到家庭信托的资产, 此外除了指定人外, 其他任何角色是没有权利变更信托里面的资产. 所以家庭信托里面的资产就能受到有效的保护,任何家庭成员都可以放心的去参与其他经济和投资的活动了.

离婚一般也不会对信托资产有影响, 这也就是零售大亨所罗门千方百计要把他的资产放在信托的主要原因。 如果要限制信托对信托人的影响, 一般来讲信托人可以是有限公司, 这样就把信托和公司两者的好处想结合了。

  • 遗产计划.这是家庭信托最原始的目的之一, 也是一个有效的途径去合理的把遗产留给受益人.比方说, 爷爷想把房产或者生意留给孙子, 可是孙子可能年纪太小, 没有办法合法或者合理的承受和管理遗产. 如果通过制定特定的家庭信托契约(Trust deed),信托人在孙子还没有成年之前代为管理遗产,然后在孙子成年后就可以把遗产转给孙子了.

总的来说,家庭信托有比较灵活的优势.他可以按照不同的需求或者不同的实际情况去制定特定的契约来解决不同家庭或者个人的需求。

(以上只代表本人个人观点并不适用每个人, 有关建议不能作为您行动的依据)

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