Corina Weigl

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Corina Weigl is a partner in the Trusts, Wills, Estates and Charities group at Fasken, a leading international law firm with over 650 lawyers and 9 offices worldwide that offers comprehensive estate planning, estate administration, personal tax planning, charitable giving and estate litigation services. Email: cweigl@fasken.com

Welcome Expansion on Charities Investing in Limited Partnerships

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Registered charities have always been subject to limitations on what activities they can carry on, as well as a fair amount of compliance in terms of reporting obligations. One area where a charity is subject to limitations is with respect to its ability to carry on a business.  Certain registered charities, namely private foundations, are prohibited from carrying on any business, while others, namely public foundations and charitable organizations, are….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Charitable Giving

FLYING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER

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As winter finally sets in for us Canadians and our Canadian snowbirds begin to head south, we often see an increase in interest among our clients with the concept of owning a home in the southern USA. While the Canadian dollar may make this somewhat unattractive at the moment and perhaps for the foreseeable future given some recent forecasts, there will always be deals to be had and emotional decisions to be made. As a result, I take this blog as an opportunity to remind readers of the implications of owning a US vacation property…..

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Estate Planning, Real Estate, United States, US Taxes

OHH, IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE…YEAR END

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As this is my last blog for the 2015 year, I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind readers who are trustees of a discretionary family trust set up for the benefit of their family (or other persons) (referred to as “a trust”) that it is important they consider and document decisions to distribute income (including realized taxable capital gains) out to a beneficiary prior to December 31st. ….

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Estate Planning

ROLLOVERS TO AN RDSP

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Today’s blog was written by Darren G.Lund, Associate at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.

In the 2010 Federal budget the Federal government announced new measures to support persons with disabilities, stating that an “important concern for parents caring for a disabled child is to ensure that the child will be adequately provided for in the event that one or both parents die.”[1] The new measure was announced as follows:
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Canada Revenue Agency, Disability

OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN PROPERTY

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The Huffington Post reports that over a third of foreign buyers of real estate in Florida are Canadians. Another article reports that Canadians are the leading buyers of US real estate. In earlier blogs I’ve talked about the specter of US estate taxes that arises when a Canadian dies owning US situs property, like real estate. Besides this complexity, the ownership of foreign property raises the potential for challenges in the administration of an estate. As a result, when developing an estate plan that includes foreign real estate it is important to consider a number of issues, some of which are…….

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Canadian and US Tax Treaty, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate Tax, United States, US Taxes, Wills
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