Category: Family Office

How to Keep the Shares of a Family and its Business Together

Internal feuding can make the operation of a family business impossible. If the owners and managers of the company cannot work together, the firm will soon suffer. Problems between the stakeholders of family companies are often even more challenging to solve due to emotional relationships. Business owners must look at a company’s operations from a […]

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Wealth planning quick course: the trust, Part 4

In the next four posts, we will discuss the foundation, the private foundation, the trust, and the trust foundation in a few thoughts, summarising the most important facts. We will look at all four institutions from the same perspective, which we will summarise in a table for our kind readers at the end. The topic […]

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Wealth planning quick course: the private foundation, Part 3

In the next four posts, we will discuss the foundation, the private foundation, the trust, and the trust foundation in a few thoughts, summarising the most important facts. We will look at all four institutions from the same perspective, which we will summarise in a table for our readers at the end. The topic of […]

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Wealth planning quick course: the trust foundation, Part 2

  In the next four posts, we will discuss the foundation, the private foundation, the trust, and the trust foundation in a few thoughts, summarising the most important facts. We will look at all four institutions from the same perspective, which we will summarise in a table for our readers at the end. The topic […]

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Wealth planning quick course: the foundation, Part 1

In the next four posts, we will discuss the foundation, the private foundation, the trust, and the trust foundation in a few thoughts, summarising the most important facts. We will look at all four institutions from the same perspective, which we will summarise in a table for our kind readers at the end. The topic […]

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An interesting tax base decreasing item in Hungary

Today, we are going to deal with early-stage businesses, i.e., startups. Our examination aspect is one of the decreasing items used when determining the tax base, i.e., that which decrease the earnings before taxes. We will look at the most important detailed rules regarding, for example, when a business is considered an early-stage business, who […]

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Family office solutions in Hungary

Hungary is currently not on the shortlist of wealthy families and private clients when they choose the best location for their family office/private office structure. The reason is that the flexible and efficient Hungarian wealth management and estate planning soltutions are not widely known among the wealth management service providers. Private holdings – the simpliest […]

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Real estate investments of UK Trust in Hungary after Brexit

Legal aspects of the transfer of managed assets between the UK and Hungary : is the acquisition of real estate in Hungary by any UK resident (legal or natural) subject to authorisation? Own the property through SPV or directly by the trustee? After the end of the Brexit transition period (31.12.2020), UK natural and legal […]

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Tax issues in fiduciary asset management

Assets under management is subject to corporate tax, has its own tax number. But its tax obligations (filing, declaration, payment of taxes, etc.) are fulfilled by the trustee. This strange line-up raises many questions on the part of the trustees. And sometimes also on the part of the tax authorities. Tax issues in fiduciary asset […]

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