The structure used to hold an investment can have a significant long-term impact on tax, flexibility, asset protection and wealth creation outcomes. Two people can invest in exactly the same asset and achieve very different financial results simply because of how those investments were structured from the beginning. 

In the first of this two-part series, Ricky Caldow and Mitch McKeown, Directors of the Bongiorno Group, explore two of the most common investment structures: individual ownership and trust structures. 

They explain how each structure works, the tax implications involved, when trusts may provide greater flexibility, and why early planning is critical before investment portfolios begin to grow. 

The Money Doctors is proudly brought to you by leading financial services organisation the Bongiorno Group, the Victorian & Tasmanian Regional Alliance Partner of the Australian Orthopaedic Association. 

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