Business structures - tax effectiveness versus legal protection

Business structures - tax effectiveness versus legal protection

Whether you are a start up company, an established business, or a large corporation it is essential that you make certain that you have the right structure in place to meet the objectives of your business.

Creating effective structures can be complicated and rarely are all the issues addressed effectively. The most effective structure depends on your overriding objective. This objective may be any of the following:

• limiting personal liability and asset protection;
• tax effectiveness;
• the ability raise further capital via the issue of securities;
• the abililty to "spin out" assets of the entity;
• a combination of a variety of the above factors.

Structures 101

The purpose of this seminar to equip participants with a basic understanding of the nature of different structures available to achieve their overriding objectives. Further it is intended that this seminar will also give you the knowledge to identify your preferred structure or structures and their relative strengths and weaknesses.

This will allow you to save money in the future in that you are able to identify either one or a number of structures which suit your circumstances and will avoid you incurring substantial legal costs addressing what should have been done at an earlier time.

The seminar will cover the following topics:

Entity types on a continuum

Pty Ltd Companies:

• basic characteristics;
• legal position of Directors and the separate entity doctrine;
• exit strategies;
• compliance costs;
• taxation position and the position of profits and losses.

Discretionary Trusts:

• basic characteristics;
• the legal position of the trustee;
• exit strategies;
• compliance costs;
• taxation position and the position of profits and losses.

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Event details

Date: Monday 8 June 2010

Time: 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start

Duration: 1.5 hours.

Who should attend?

Those who would like to develop their knowledge of issues associated with trading using a variety of different entity types.

Individuals who are interested in personal asset protection.

Business people with simple structures who are considering benefiting from a more advanced structure characterised by differing levels of asset protection and taxation.

Location

Rostron Carlyle Solicitors

Level 6, 232 Adelaide Street,

Brisbane

Event includes: Food, drinks, relaxed networking, whitepapers & slides.

Jeremy Streten L.LB (Hons)

Senior Associate, Rostron Carlyle Solicitors

Malcolm Burrows B.Bus.,MBA.,LL.B.,GDLP.

Associate, Rostron Carlyle Solicitors

Hudson Smith

Partner, Whytes

Cost

Rostron Carlyle and Whytes clients - complimentary (ask your Lawyer or Accountant for a token)

Others $65.00Further Information

For logistical questions please contact: c.bradford@rostroncarlyle.com or call Cally on 07 3009 8444 for more information. For information on the seminar content, please contact m.burrows@rostroncarlyle.com or call Malcolm Burrows on 07 3009 8444