Ontario Estate Administration Tax

Ontario Estate Information Return Essentials

  The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario recently hosted an education session on Ontario’s Estate Administration Tax (“EAT”) and the Estate Information Return (“EIR”), presented by a representative of the Ontario Ministry of Finance (“MOF”). I was particularly interested in this session as I wrote about the new online filing process for EIRs in my last blog post https://allaboutestates.ca/estate-information-return-the-new-online-process/. Today’s blog will share some of the key takeaways from….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Probate Tax, Tax Issues, Wills

We Have a Joint Ownership Problem

This blog has been written by Rahul Sharma, Partner, at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto Joint ownership of property with a right of survivorship is perhaps the most common or popular means by which a couple, for example, owns a home in Ontario.  Simply put, “joint with right of survivorship” means that when one of the two joint owners dies, the other becomes the owner of the property.  The succession….

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Estate Planning, Property, Spouse, Succession Planning, Tax Issues
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