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LATE FILED ELECTION TO SPLIT PENSION INCOME

While we are on the subject of joint elections to split pension income in the year of death: What if, as trustee of the estate, you discover that the deceased and his spouse did not split eligible pension income in the years prior to his year of death. Can you late file the elections and will the CRA accept them and re-assess accordingly? Recently the CRA was asked to comment….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Liability, Spouse, Trustee

ATTRIBUTION RULES AND PLANNING REVISITED

Recently the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) issued a technical interpretation on the application of the income attribution rules under the Income Tax Act (“ITA”) which serves as a good primer particularly when a personal representative is looking at the deceased’s prior year returns with joint accounts and the potential for additional taxes. Mrs. Entrepreneur owned and sold shares of a Canadian-controlled private corporation that were “qualified small business corporation….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, In the News, Investments, Joint Tenancy, Loans, Property, Small Business, Tax Issues, Trustee, Trusts

DISABILTY TAX CREDIT CERTIFICATE: WHO CAN CERTIFY?

Which medical professionals can certify on a Disability Tax Credit Certificate (“Form T2201”), that an individual has a severe and prolonged impairment in physical or mental functions? Can a registered oral surgeon or other oral specialist, licensed to be so by a provincial body be considered to be a medical doctor in that province for the purpose of certifying on Form T2201 that an individual has an impairment in speaking….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Capacity Law, Disability, Elder Care, Estate Planning, Fiduciary Professions, Geriatric Care Management, Guardianship, In the News, Power of Attorney
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