Overview
What you will study
Trusts are useful in financial planning because of the various advantages they offer, but they must be structured correctly to get the full benefit.
The Trusts - An introduction to the legal and practical aspects course offered by University of Cape Town will look at: different types of trusts, the various role players, trust management, the duties of trustees, the amendment of trust deeds, taxation, and financial planning tips and traps.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Different trust instruments and the different types of trusts
- The role players in the trust
- Trust management and the duties of the trustees
- The amendment of trust deeds
- Trusts: Donations tax and estate duty
- The taxation of trusts
- The advantages and disadvantages of trusts
- Financial planning and trusts: traps and tips
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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- Registrations close three days before the course starts.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Forensic AccountingAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Who will benefit from this course?
- All practitioners (attorneys, accountants, financial and other advisers) and laymen, especially those seeking to broaden their horizons with regard to holistic estate planning and the use of trusts in South Africa.
- Those who act as trustees and are grappling with the regular (and not so regular) hurdles as part of their duties and obligations will also find the course very informative.
Tuition Fee
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International
2100 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2100 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
2100 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2100 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days.