Chapter 1 - Private Trust - The Concept -
Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts Regarding Settlor and the Trustees and the Beneficiaries -
Chapter 3 - Trusts of Infinite Variety -
Chapter 4 - Creation of Trust - Revocable or Irrevocable -
Chapter 5 - Trust Act and Mutual Funds -
Chapter 6 - Trusts and Employees Stock Option Plan
Chapter 7 - Corporate Shareholding by Trusts.
Chapter 8 – Foreign trusts -
Chapter 9 – Conferring perquisites through trusts -
Chanter 10 - Trusts Law and Succession Planning -
Chapter 11 - Taxation of Trusts -
Chapter 12 - Select Facets of Trust Taxation -
Chapter 13 - The Legal Provisions Dealing with Taxation of Trusts -
Chapter 14 - Filing of Return by Trustees and Assessment on Trusts -
Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Tax Issues Pertaining to a Trust. -
Chapter 16 - Trusts as Pass Through Entity - The International Perspective -
Chapter 17 - Advance Rulings Involving Foreign Trusts -
Chapter 18 - An Introduction to Business Trusts Act- Singapore -
Chapter 19 - Important Case Laws on trusts -
Chapter 20 - Recent Examples of Trust Creation -
Chapter 21 - Stamp Duty Implications in the Creation of a Trust -
Appendices -
Table of Cases -
Index.

Trusts are separate legal entities which are being used to deal with specific needs/situations to transfer assets for the future benefits of a person and are easy to create. The need and reason may differ as to when and why they get chosen as a vehicle to achieve a felt purpose. The evolving global pattern of business has created more reasons for creating trusts to carry on many activities including business and many times trusts help the settlors to keep a low profile and play a passive role. The book is a compendium addressing different situations where trusts have been a preferred vehicle; the annotations of cases and examples sharply illustrate the context and need. This book deals with various topics on creation of trusts, role of different stakeholders in trust and using trust as preferred instrument for succession planning, foreign trusts and their tax perspective.