Estate Administration and Probate Applications

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Sale of Ferrari Highlights an Estate Tax Avoidance Method

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The sale of a 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti for 32 million euros (about $35.8 million US, or $50.2 million Canadian) earlier this month set the record for the most expensive car ever sold at an auction, the New York Times reported. It also made waves for what the Times reports as a new method of reducing estate taxes – using selective data to undervalue precious collectibles and vintage cars….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Succession Planning

RESIDENCY OF A TRUST – A QUESTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL II: A View from the CRA Bridge!

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Last fall I wrote about the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador being asked to rule on the specific issue of residency which would have significant tax implications to the trust depending on the Court’s determination. In Discovery Trust vs Canada (National Revenue), 201201G6615, at issue was whether a trust was a resident of Newfoundland and Labrador where the beneficiaries resided or in Alberta where the trustee was a resident…..

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, In the News, Liability, Property, Tax Issues, Trustee, Trustee Disputes, Trusts, Wills

Which Comes First: Preferential Share or Mortgages?

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The Succession Law Reform Act (“SLRA”) provides that if a married person dies intestate, the first $200,000 (called the “preferential share”) of the deceased’s net estate goes to the married spouse[i]. Any funds remaining after the payment of the preferential share is shared among the spouse and children. In Re Estate of Richard Lewis Crane (“Crane”), the deceased died intestate. He left a second wife and two sons from a previous marriage.  The….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Real Estate, Spouse, Succession Planning

DYING INTESTATE AND TAX FILINGS

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If you have been a regular reader of our blogs, then I am hoping you have learnt more than a few things about estates and trusts. At the very least, I expect that you now have a will if you didn’t before with executor(s) appointed and beneficiary (ies) designated and so on. What if someone you know or know of dies intestate i.e. without a will and you are asked….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, Tax Issues, Trustee, Wills

CAN AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT BE MADE TO A DECEASED PERSON USING THE SIX MONTH Extension PROVISION CONTAINED IN THE INCOME TAX ACT

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Recently, The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) was whether the six month extension for making educational assistance payments (“EAPs”) out of a registered education savings plan (“RESP”) under the appropriate subsection of the Income Tax Act (the “Act”) can apply when the beneficiary under the plan is deceased. The Act stipulates that one of the conditions for the registration of an RESP is that EAPs can only be paid to or….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Investments, RESP, Tax Issues, Trusts

More on Graduated Rate Estates

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At a recent conference of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) was asked to respond to certain questions regarding Graduated Rate Estates (GRE’s), in particular around the actual definition of a GRE and its application to a situation where the deceased has more than one will. Definition of a GRE The CRA was asked that while an estate is under administration during its first….

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