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What does a KYB on a corporate trustee (Pty Ltd) for a Family Trust cost?

One KYB per entity layer plus one KYC per natural-person controller identified; a typical Pty Ltd as trustee with two directors and two beneficiaries totals around 2 KYBs and 4 KYCs.

It depends on tier and the number of beneficial owners, but the structure of the fee is the same on every plan: one KYB per entity layer plus one KYC per natural-person controller identified.

The structure. A "Pty Ltd ATF Family Trust" is actually two legal entities sitting together - the company (acting as trustee) and the trust (the entity the company holds assets for). easyAML unwraps both.

Worked example - a typical 2-director / 2-beneficiary structure on Professional tier:

  • 1 × KYB on the trust itself = $35
  • 1 × KYB on the corporate trustee (Pty Ltd) = $35
  • 2 × KYC on the directors / beneficial owners of the trustee = $30 ($15 each)
  • 2 × KYC on named adult beneficiaries with substantial entitlement = $30 ($15 each)
  • Total: $130 + GST

Same structure on Starter:

  • 2 KYBs × $40 = $80
  • 4 KYCs × $20 = $80
  • Total: $160 + GST

The fee scales with complexity. A discretionary trust with multiple named adult beneficiaries adds a KYC per named adult; a corporate beneficiary adds an additional KYB plus its own UBO chain; multiple directors add proportionately more KYCs.

What's not separately charged - beneficiaries who are minors (no KYC required), unnamed beneficiary classes (identified at trust level, not per individual), deceased nominal settlors (documented but not verified), or re-runs of PEP / sanctions / adverse-media during ongoing monitoring (included in the subscription).

See Section 3 (Trusts and Complex Structures) for the underlying CDD framework, and AUSTRAC's Trust and corporate services designated services page.

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