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Trusts - corporate trustee

You can use Cleardocs to set up a trust with a corporate trustee. If you are setting up a discretionary (family) trust, you may wish to order our Family Trust Trustee bundle, which provides a comprehensive and seamless workflow solution.

Otherwise, you can follow the 2 step ordering process below:

Step 1:

Register the company that will be the trustee of the trust using the Cleardocs Company Registration package (if it has not already been registered); and then

Step 2:

Set up the trust using a Cleardocs trust package and insert the details of the corporate trustee from Step 1.

You can set up the following trusts through Cleardocs:

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  • Cleardocs fee incl GST $143.00
  • ASIC fee $576.00
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How to set up a trust with a corporate trustee through Cleardocs

The table below explains the full requirements:

Step What do you need? Where is there more information? Solution: How to complete this step
Step 1 Register the company that will be the trustee
A registered company You can read about registering a company through Cleardocs here. You can register a company through Cleardocs here.

Step 2 Set up the trust
A trust You can read about setting up a:
  • Discretionary (Family) Trust here.
  • Unit Trust - fixed here.
  • Unit Trust - non-fixed here.
  • Hybrid Trust here.
You can create all the documents you need to set up a:
  • Discretionary (Family) Trust here.
  • Unit Trust - fixed here.
  • Unit Trust - non-fixed here.
  • Hybrid Trust here.

General Information for your Company Registration

You can read about registering a proprietary limited company through Cleardocs here.

General Information for your Discretionary (Family) Trust

You can read about setting up a Discretionary (Family) Trust through Cleardocs here.

General Information for your Unit Trust – fixed

You can read about setting up a Unit Trust – fixed through Cleardocs here.

General Information for your Unit Trust – non-fixed

You can read about setting up a Unit Trust – non-fixed through Cleardocs here.

General Information for your Hybrid Trust

You can read about setting up a Hybrid Trust through Cleardocs here.

Seek legal advice

The Trusts – corporate trustee information here should be considered general in nature, and in no way interpreted as legal advice. You must always seek your own independent legal, accounting and financial advice about your particular situation. The summary on this page is for information purposes only.

Frequently Asked Legal Questions

Cleardocs is not a law firm. So as with all the legal material on this site, the answers to these "frequently asked legal questions" are provided by the law firm Maddocks. Cleardocs does not endorse those answers.

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Do I need a Director Identification Number?

It is a requirement of law that directors now hold a Director Identification Number. If the product you are purchasing involves the creation of a company, creation of a corporate trustee or the appointment of a new director, then each director of the company/corporate trustee will need to verify their identity by applying for a director identification number (Director ID). Directors will retain the same Director ID even if they cease being a director, become a director of another company, change names or move interstate or overseas. Directors will not need to apply again or renew their applications.

If a person is appointed as a director:

  • between 1 November 2021 and 4 April 2022, they must apply for a Director ID within 28 days of appointment.
  • from 5 April 2022, they must apply for a Director ID prior to appointment.

For information on how to set up your Director ID, visit: https://www.abrs.gov.au/director-identification-number/apply-director-identification-number.

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