April 2019

Pipelines and non-resident beneficiaries

Without proper tax planning, private company shareholders face the prospect of a double tax on the value of shares – once at the time of death and again when the successor beneficiaries extract the share value from the company.  Post mortem “pipeline” planning solves this problem by allowing the estate to extract the share value without additional tax paid in the deceased shareholder’s final return, that is, before a recently….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Tax Issues

Families and Lessons Learnt Along The Way V: 2

The more people/families I meet, the more I am amazed that there can be so much conflict that continues….. Many estate practices are busy because of familial conflict. We all know families that are not on speaking terms. In most cases, money has something to do with it. I wanted to share with you one family’s story that perhaps can give us pause for reflection and perhaps to change an….

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Estate Donations, Estate Litigation
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