As trusts and estates advisors, one of our primary goals is to structure estate-planning transactions for our clients in a tax-efficient manner, with minimum impact on other objectives. Although an estate-planning transaction may achieve a client’s transfer tax objectives, draftspersons could inadvertently structure a trust in a manner that restricts the trustees from making certain investments. When working with high-net-worth (HNW) families, advisors must consider the potential and anticipated investments of a trust, a family limited partnership (FLP) or limited liability company (LLC) so that a particular estate-planning transaction may achieve both tax and investment objectives.
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