Trusts & Estates: Taxation and Practice 2nd Edition
The pre-eminent source for immediate, current and authoritative answers to trusts and estates issues
50% off the price of the book
This edition of Trusts & Estates: Taxation and Practice 2nd edition by Bernard Marks is an essential resource for all tax practitioners needing to understand even the most complex tax matters relating to trusts and estates.
An excellent blend of theoretical principles and practical insights that addresses the many challenging issues frequently encountered by lawyers and accountants, this text is organised around the ‘life cycle’ of trusts and estates on a transactional basis with a logical structure and comprehensive coverage.
The book is current as at 2009.
Key benefits and features of 2nd Edition:
- Covers issues such as trust mergers, takeovers and demergers, trusts and income derivation; family trusts and distribution tax;
- Provides an explanation and reference source on both federal tax law and trusts;
- Places considerable emphasis on the Commissioner’s practice, including references to all relevant private rulings;
- Provides the equity and trust law context in which the tax law operates, setting-out the relevant equity and trust rules for each tax issue;
- Articulates and answers questions arising in practice and alerts practitioners to issues often not considered when giving advice; and
- Alerts practitioners to the potential opportunities and dangers in a given transaction affecting trusts, estates, trust creators and beneficiaries.


