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Consent to speak

Generally speaking, the Canada Revenue Agency requires a taxpayer’s consent to speak with someone other than the taxpayer about matters related to the person’s affairs. One may assume the consent requirement is relaxed when the taxpayer is deceased and the deceased’s affairs are in the hands of the estate trustee(s) Think again as this is not automatic.
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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Succession Planning, Wills

An Estate Trustee’s Imprisonment, Without Possibility of Parole

A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court sentences an estate trustee to a lengthy term of incarceraction, without the possibility of parole, for contempt of court…..

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Executors, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts

Is a U.S. Estate Tax Return Due?

So you’ve taken on the role of executor of your dear friend, Sally’s estate. It just so happened that Sally owned a vacation property in the United States. You’ve come across a couple of blogs in the last few weeks that suggest her estate may owe some taxes to the IRS. You have no idea whether this is true and what you may need to do. You decide to keep reading these blogs to see if they’ll help you…..

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Estate Administration, IRS, United States, US Taxes
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