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Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
10 Things to Consider When Preparing a Will.
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
An Up-to-Date Will is an Essential Part of Your Estate Plan
Nearly everyone has some assets to pass on after they die, and many Australians will have significant assets when their home, bank accounts, share portfolio, superannuation and insurance are taken into account.
It is essential to make appropriate plans, of which preparation of a Will is just a part, in order to protect your loved ones and the assets that you have worked hard to preserve and grow during your lifetime.
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Who is to be your executor? Your executor is the person appointed in your will to manage your estate and carry out your wishes in your will after you die.
This is a position of great trust, and the appointment requires careful thought.
It may be a family member, trusted adviser such as an accountant or lawyer, or an independent trustee company.
Q1Answer:
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
GiftsQ2Answer:
Do you wish to leave any specific gifts to particular people or
charities?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
BeneficiariesQ3Answer:
Who are the beneficiaries that you wish to benefit from
your estate when you die?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Testamentary TrustsQ4Answer: Can your estate planning
objectives be met with a “standard” Will (e.g. leaving your estate to your spouse
then children), or would “testamentary trusts” be
appropriate to provide protective advantages and
allow tax-effective distribution of your estate?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
GuardianQ5Answer:
Should you appoint a guardian to look after your minor children?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Other InstructionsQ6Answer: Do you want to
include any other wishes or
instructions e.g. regarding funeral arrangements, or organ donation?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
AssetsQ7Answer: What are your
assets and how are they owned? e.g.
jointly with someone else, in your own name, in a family
trust.
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Superannuation Death BenefitsQ8Answer:
If superannuation death benefits are paid into your estate, consider the most tax-effective way for them to be applied to support your surviving spouse
and your children.
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Life InsuranceQ9Answer:
Is any life insurance payable
to your estate?
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Control of Companies & TrustsQ10Answer: Assets held in a
company or trust cannot be willed directly and you should consider how and
to whom ownership or control of other entities
will be transferred.
Helping Clients Protect Assets & Build Wealth
Disclaimer
Answer:
This article has been prepared for general information purposes only and should not be relied on as (or in substitution for) legal, accounting, financial or other professional advice. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. Legal practitioner directors and employees of PFG Legal Services Pty Ltd are members of the scheme.
About the Author - Sophie CohenLegal Practitioner & Director of Prime Financial Group Legal Services. I work in conjunction with accounting partners and financial advisers to deliver high quality, professional and personalised legal services in asset protection (Estate planning, Business succession strategies and structuring , Superannuation, Family Trusts & Powers of Attorney).
www.primefinancial.com.au