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You're not getting dividends, unless you're operating the business in a company owned by the trust. You're getting distributions of business profit. You'll note the ATO example was of renting a property at commercial rates to the son, with the property owned by a trust controlled by the...

Are there additional issues where the particular beneficiary also controls the trust?

Smells like a fish that's been dead for a month, if you ask me. Have you actually received the professional opinion of a lawyer or accountant who says you can do this and get it past the ATO? A trust is technically a separate entity (especially if you use a corporate trustee), but the ATO is...

Poweregg, why this fascination with using your family trust to own the property you'll be living in?