{"id":44074,"date":"2025-09-26T16:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/?p=44074"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:54:34","slug":"us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44074\" class=\"elementor elementor-44074\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42fe5fb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42fe5fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-692ad5b\" data-id=\"692ad5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eb92d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eb92d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fernando-Lopez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-44082\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fernando-Lopez.jpg 855w, https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fernando-Lopez-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fernando-Lopez-502x628.jpg 502w, https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fernando-Lopez-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b70dbea\" data-id=\"b70dbea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521d38d elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"521d38d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Capa_1\" height=\"512\" viewBox=\"0 0 567.6 567.6\" width=\"512\"><g><g id=\"Layer_2_00000128476315202531491510000008531801051533896102_\"><path d=\"m118.8 409.2h92.4v132h-92.4z\"><\/path><path d=\"m257.4 26.4h-184.8c-40.084.029-72.571 32.516-72.6 72.6v369.6c.029 40.084 32.516 72.571 72.6 72.6h6.6v-138.6c.029-18.213 14.787-32.971 33-33h105.6c18.213.029 32.971 14.787 33 33v138.6h59.4c10.935 0 19.8-8.865 19.8-19.8v-422.4c-.029-40.084-32.516-72.571-72.6-72.6zm-145.2 297c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4zm0-79.2c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4zm0-79.2c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4zm105.6 158.4c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4zm0-79.2c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4zm0-79.2c-14.58 0-26.4-11.82-26.4-26.4s11.82-26.4 26.4-26.4 26.4 11.82 26.4 26.4-11.82 26.4-26.4 26.4z\"><\/path><path d=\"m495 132h-105.6c-25.503.029-46.171 20.697-46.2 46.2v343.2c0 10.935 8.865 19.8 19.8 19.8h132c40.084-.029 72.571-32.516 72.6-72.6v-264c-.029-40.084-32.516-72.571-72.6-72.6zm-26.4 303.6h-52.8c-10.935 0-19.8-8.865-19.8-19.8s8.865-19.8 19.8-19.8h52.8c10.935 0 19.8 8.865 19.8 19.8s-8.865 19.8-19.8 19.8zm0-79.2h-52.8c-10.935 0-19.8-8.865-19.8-19.8s8.865-19.8 19.8-19.8h52.8c10.935 0 19.8 8.865 19.8 19.8s-8.865 19.8-19.8 19.8zm0-79.2h-52.8c-10.935 0-19.8-8.865-19.8-19.8s8.865-19.8 19.8-19.8h52.8c10.935 0 19.8 8.865 19.8 19.8s-8.865 19.8-19.8 19.8z\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">By: Mowery &amp; Schoenfeld<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Author: Fernando Lopez<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\u3164\u3164 Partner, International Tax<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d448178 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d448178\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3363688f\" data-id=\"3363688f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d7097a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61d7097a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nonresidents can use a U.S. trust as a safe, U.S.-based investment structure to hold foreign business and investment assets for the benefit of beneficiaries located outside the United States. This asset structuring approach offers several tax, estate, and security benefits.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creating a U.S. trust: The control test and the court test<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be classified as a U.S. trust for tax purposes, a trust must satisfy two key tests: the control test and the court test. The control test requires that one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. The court test mandates that a court within the U.S. must be able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust. This means the trust must be subject to the jurisdiction and authority of U.S. courts.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoiding U.S. tax on foreign source income<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For nonresidents looking to leverage a U.S.-based structure to hold foreign assets, a&nbsp;non-grantor trust&nbsp;is generally the best option. A non-grantor trust is not revokable by the grantor and is treated as a separate taxable entity. It files its own tax return and pays taxes at the trust&#8217;s tax rates. However, the trust is generally exempt from U.S. taxation on foreign source income generated by foreign assets and investments held by the trust.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoiding U.S. estate tax on foreign assets<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to being exempt from U.S. tax on foreign source income, the \u201cforeign situs\u201d (i.e., foreign located) assets of such a trust are exempt from U.S. estate tax. The U.S. estate tax treatment of assets held by a U.S. trust depends on whether they are considered U.S. situs assets or non-U.S. situs assets:<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. situs assets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. situs assets include real estate located in the U.S., tangible personal property located in the U.S., and stock of U.S. corporations. Nonresidents are subject to U.S. estate tax on U.S. situs assets.<\/li>\n<li>The estate tax exemption for nonresidents is $60,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Non-U.S. situs assets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-U.S. situs assets are generally not subject to U.S. estate tax for nonresidents. Non-U.S. situs assets include foreign real estate, tangible personal property located outside the U.S., and stock of foreign corporations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leveraging U.S. law to protect foreign assets<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A U.S. trust can leverage U.S. law to protect foreign assets in the following manner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asset protection:&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. trusts can provide robust asset protection features, shielding assets from creditors and legal claims. This is particularly beneficial for foreign beneficiaries who may face legal challenges in their home countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal certainty:&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. trust law offers a high degree of legal certainty and stability, ensuring that the trust&#8217;s terms are upheld and enforced. This can provide peace of mind for nonresidents and foreign beneficiaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tax planning:&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. trusts can be structured to optimize tax planning, taking advantage of favorable tax treaties and regulations. This can help minimize tax liabilities and maximize the benefits of holding foreign assets through a U.S. trust.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using a U.S. non-revokable trust with foreign beneficiaries as a U.S.-based investment structure to hold foreign business or investment assets can provide significant tax and estate planning benefits for nonresidents. By meeting the requirements of the control test and the court test, the trust can be classified as a U.S. trust for tax purposes. The trust should be exempt from U.S. tax on foreign source income generated by foreign assets, while also ensuring that foreign assets are excluded from U.S. estate tax. Proper planning and administration are crucial for maximizing these benefits while also ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more? Get in touch with Mowery &amp; Schoenfeld&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msllc.com\/services\/international\/\">international tax and advisory team<\/a>&nbsp;today.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b33991a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b33991a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29053b6\" data-id=\"29053b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c8afc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78c8afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msllc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"63\" src=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-26-a-las-1.26.33\u202fp.\u202fm.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-44084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-26-a-las-1.26.33\u202fp.\u202fm.png 309w, https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-26-a-las-1.26.33\u202fp.\u202fm-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aa6821\" data-id=\"5aa6821\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0232264 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0232264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">At Mowery &amp; Schoenfeld, our dedicated multicultural team supports companies and individuals engaged in cross-border investments and business between the United States and the rest of the world. Whether you\u2019re considering market entry into the U.S. from abroad, expanding from the U.S. to global markets, an international transaction, or optimizing your existing multinational operations, we help you develop and implement the right strategies.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msllc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"Capa_1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 511.999 511.999\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 511.999 511.999;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g>\t<g>\t\t<path d=\"M437.019,74.981C388.667,26.628,324.38,0,256,0C187.62,0,123.332,26.628,74.981,74.98C26.628,123.332,0,187.62,0,256   s26.628,132.667,74.981,181.019C123.332,485.371,187.62,511.999,256,511.999c68.381,0,132.667-26.628,181.02-74.981   c48.351-48.351,74.98-112.639,74.98-181.019S485.371,123.332,437.019,74.981z M96.216,96.216   c22.511-22.511,48.938-39.681,77.742-50.888c-7.672,9.578-14.851,20.587-21.43,32.969c-7.641,14.38-14.234,30.173-19.725,47.042   c-19.022-3.157-36.647-7.039-52.393-11.595C85.345,107.678,90.61,101.822,96.216,96.216z M62.229,139.585   c18.417,5.897,39.479,10.87,62.461,14.809c-6.4,27.166-10.167,56.399-11.066,86.591H30.536   C32.896,204.752,43.778,170.172,62.229,139.585z M60.594,369.638c-17.455-29.899-27.769-63.481-30.059-98.623h83.146   c0.982,29.329,4.674,57.731,10.858,84.186C101.085,359.003,79.494,363.85,60.594,369.638z M96.216,415.784   c-6.38-6.381-12.322-13.081-17.831-20.055c16.323-4.526,34.571-8.359,54.214-11.433c5.53,17.103,12.194,33.105,19.928,47.662   c7.17,13.493,15.053,25.349,23.51,35.505C146.427,456.28,119.268,438.834,96.216,415.784z M240.984,478.115   c-22.808-6.389-44.384-27.217-61.936-60.249c-6.139-11.552-11.531-24.155-16.15-37.587c24.73-2.722,51.045-4.331,78.086-4.709   V478.115z M240.984,345.537c-29.988,0.409-59.217,2.292-86.59,5.507c-6.038-24.961-9.671-51.978-10.668-80.028h97.259V345.537z    M240.984,240.984h-97.315c0.911-28.834,4.602-56.605,10.828-82.201c27.198,3.4,56.366,5.468,86.487,6.06V240.984z    M240.984,134.808c-27.146-0.547-53.403-2.317-77.958-5.205c4.591-13.292,9.941-25.768,16.022-37.215   c17.551-33.032,39.128-53.86,61.936-60.249V134.808z M450.717,141.18c17.874,30.193,28.427,64.199,30.749,99.804h-83.088   c-0.889-29.844-4.584-58.749-10.85-85.647C410.661,151.601,431.984,146.848,450.717,141.18z M415.783,96.216   c6.029,6.029,11.661,12.349,16.914,18.91c-16.073,4.389-33.972,8.114-53.204,11.112c-5.548-17.208-12.243-33.305-20.02-47.941   c-6.579-12.382-13.758-23.391-21.43-32.969C366.845,56.535,393.273,73.705,415.783,96.216z M271.016,271.016h97.259   c-1.004,28.268-4.686,55.49-10.81,80.612c-27.194-3.381-56.349-5.43-86.449-6.006V271.016z M271.016,240.984v-76.041   c30.005-0.394,59.257-2.261,86.656-5.464c6.125,25.403,9.756,52.932,10.659,81.505H271.016z M271.014,32.139h0.001   c22.808,6.389,44.384,27.217,61.936,60.249c6.178,11.627,11.601,24.318,16.24,37.848c-24.763,2.712-51.108,4.309-78.177,4.674   V32.139z M271.016,478.115V375.657c27.12,0.532,53.357,2.286,77.903,5.156c-4.579,13.232-9.911,25.654-15.967,37.053   C315.4,450.898,293.824,471.726,271.016,478.115z M415.783,415.784c-23.051,23.051-50.21,40.496-79.821,51.678   c8.457-10.156,16.34-22.011,23.51-35.504c7.62-14.341,14.198-30.088,19.68-46.906c19.465,3.213,37.473,7.186,53.515,11.859   C427.424,403.457,421.801,409.765,415.783,415.784z M450.606,371.009c-18.635-5.991-40-11.032-63.326-15.01   c6.296-26.68,10.048-55.36,11.041-84.983h83.146C479.139,306.694,468.549,340.769,450.606,371.009z\"><\/path>\t<\/g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">https:\/\/www.msllc.com\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Mowery &amp; Schoenfeld Author: Fernando Lopez \u3164\u3164 Partner, International Tax Nonresidents can use a U.S. trust as a safe, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-trends","category-international-expansion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries - Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"396\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@spainus_chamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@spainus_chamber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d2f16d1dbd71c34d9efd0bc53fddf185\"},\"headline\":\"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\"},\"wordCount\":741,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business Trends\",\"International Expansion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\",\"name\":\"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries - Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":396,\"caption\":\"Latin American businesswoman sitting in office at workplace and working at laptop\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/\",\"name\":\"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\",\"description\":\"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Logo-web.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Logo-web.png\",\"width\":643,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/spainus_chamber\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/spainuschamberofcommerce\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/spainuschamber\",\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spainuschambermiami\/albums\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d2f16d1dbd71c34d9efd0bc53fddf185\",\"name\":\"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cce99d0bc7c4a1589375dc26c7e71e40645a371de09abf37ed2e5512da321009?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cce99d0bc7c4a1589375dc26c7e71e40645a371de09abf37ed2e5512da321009?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/author\/marketing2\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries - Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","description":"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries","og_description":"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.","og_url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/","og_site_name":"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce","article_published_time":"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":396,"url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@spainus_chamber","twitter_site":"@spainus_chamber","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/"},"author":{"name":"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d2f16d1dbd71c34d9efd0bc53fddf185"},"headline":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries","datePublished":"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/"},"wordCount":741,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg","articleSection":["Business Trends","International Expansion"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/","url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/","name":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries - Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-26T16:23:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-01T16:54:34+00:00","description":"Discover how a U.S. trust for foreign assets helps nonresidents reduce taxes, protect wealth, and optimize estate planning with powerful international tax benefits.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-trust-foreign-beneficiaries-blog_0625.jpg","width":640,"height":396,"caption":"Latin American businesswoman sitting in office at workplace and working at laptop"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/us-trust-foreign-assets-tax-planning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Using a U.S. Trust to Hold Foreign Assets for Foreign Beneficiaries"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/","name":"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","description":"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#organization","name":"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami","url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Logo-web.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Logo-web.png","width":643,"height":156,"caption":"Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in Miami"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce","https:\/\/x.com\/spainus_chamber","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spainuschamberofcommerce\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/spainuschamberofcommerce\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/spainuschamber","https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spainuschambermiami\/albums"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d2f16d1dbd71c34d9efd0bc53fddf185","name":"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cce99d0bc7c4a1589375dc26c7e71e40645a371de09abf37ed2e5512da321009?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cce99d0bc7c4a1589375dc26c7e71e40645a371de09abf37ed2e5512da321009?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez"},"url":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/author\/marketing2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44074"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44555,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074\/revisions\/44555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desarrollo5586.live-website.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}