ESTATE PLANNING WILLS & TRUSTS
Estate planning is usually embarked upon together with Income Tax Planning to structure an individual’s affairs, ie. when an individual draws up a will.
NSV will provide you with the best solution which will protect your assets and which will ensure the least payment of Estate Duty. We also advise clients on the creation of Trusts, which can be created in order to provide the best working solution for the individual and are generally formed to protect the minor’s interests.
Creating a heritage for your family through successful creation and sustenance of your hard-earned prosperity, both during your lifetime and after, can often be troublesome. So to make sure that it is watertight and will be enacted according to your wishes, we will guide you through, careful consideration, meticulous planning and the correct structuring of your business interests, affected documents and contracts.
Our guide will help you to:
- Draft a tailored Antenuptial Contract or Cohabitation Agreement
- Implement strategies to ease the administration process of your deceased estate
- Make provision for the welfare of minor children or elderly dependants
- Setting up structures such as trusts and other juristic entities (such as companies) to better manage your income-generating activities
- Setting up or revising a business continuity or succession plan
- Investigate the implications of the estate plan on your taxable liability during life and at death
- Draft and/or update your will
REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRUSTS
Our comprehensive knowledge of Trusts will guide you in effective estate planning and in setting up a legacy for your descendants by using Trusts as vehicles.
We can aid you in setting up either an:
- Inter Vivos Trust (a trust between the living or a group of people) for the benefit of selected beneficiaries (including BBBEE beneficiaries)
- Testamentary Trust (stipulation in a will) for the benefit of the Testator’s heirs.