A practitioner's guide to setting up and maintaining offshore trusts under Chinese-resident settlors — including Public Notice 21 reporting, CRS automatic exchange, and SAT's economic-substance & anti-avoidance review.
Each whitepaper consolidates decades of compliance advisory into an actionable, navigable reference.
Discretionary trust, fixed-interest trust, STAR trust, purpose trust, private trust company (PTC). Jurisdictional choice (BVI / Cayman / Jersey / Singapore / Hong Kong).
State Taxation Administration Announcement No. 21 (2018): settlors and trustees of foreign trusts controlled by PRC tax residents must self-report. Threshold & method.
Automatic exchange under Common Reporting Standard, US FATCA reporting where applicable, classification of settlor / protector / beneficiary.
Family-office founders considering offshore trusts, mid-market entrepreneurs with capital-gains risk, and inheritors of legacy offshore structures built before 2018.
A suggested sequence that takes you from foundational concepts to operational execution.
Set up family-trust structure with trustee selection, deed of variation terms, protector role. Output: trust instrument with documented business purpose.
Establishment of trust, transfer of assets (equity, real estate, cash), valuation & stamp duty considerations. Output: funded trust.
Trustee annual report, Public Notice 21 self-reporting, CRS information return, anti-money-laundering review. Output: compliant structure.
This whitepaper is an overview. For your specific transaction, structure, or filing need, our team provides a personalised advisory engagement.
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