Generally
structured as a Family Limited Partnership ("FLP") or a Delaware
Business Trust ("DBT").
Offers various tax savings opportunities:
- Florida
intangible tax avoidance;
- Non-Florida
death tax avoidance on non-Florida real property; and
- Favorable
vehicle for integrating with other tax savings techniques.
Liability and asset protection; privacy.
Ease and flexibility in making gifts and managing assets.
Management can be retained or delegated and is quite flexible.
Equity ownership, management, and cash flow can be separated
permitting management by some family members and not others,
while cash flow and equity appreciation shifts to other family
members.