Draft rules force trustees to choose between a 30 per cent minimum tax rate and locking in permanent beneficiary splits before June 2029.

Trusts can avoid the 30 per cent minimum tax and continue to split income to bucket companies and low-tax-rate individuals. But there’s less flexibility.

Discretionary trusts will be allowed to bypass the 30 per cent tax minimum, but only if they lock in beneficiary splits permanently.

Draft rules force trustees to choose between a 30 per cent minimum tax rate and locking in permanent beneficiary splits before June 2029.