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Privacy Statement
The foundation may be constituted as:
· one for private use, especially as family foundation;
· charitable foundation.
The founder endows assets for a specific purpose and regulates the beneficial interest.

The foundation qualifying as private asset structure pays an annual tax of CHF 1’800 only.
Neither the endowment to the foundation nor the distributions to the beneficiaries or the profits earned are subject to any further tax.

The supreme authority is vested in the members of board who also take care of the administration.
The founder may designate other bodies as e.g. protectors, collators and auditors.

An individual as founder may by creating retained founder’s rights preserve for himself the authority to revoke the foundation and to amend the foundation documents.

Only if the foundation pursues commercial activities the annual accounts approved by the auditor must be submitted to the Liechtenstein tax administration.

The minimum capital to constitute a foundation is CHF 30’000.