Estate Planning

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Individual Pension Plans Revisited

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A fellow blogger wrote very eloquently late last week about succession planning for family owned businesses. Regrettably, as she noted the statistics for the successful transfer of family businesses are not very good. With the introduction of the new tax proposals, the challenge for a successful transfer of business to the next generation has become even greater. One important aspect of succession planning is for the current owner/operator to be….

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Business Succession Planning, Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Planning, Small Business, Succession Planning, Tax Issues, Uncategorized

Private Company Tax Proposals

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October 2, 2017 saw the end of the 75 day consultation period offered by the Department of Finance.  The public response to the proposed rule changes was significant with the general public, industry bodies and professional advisors all weighing in on the measures.  So, what now? At a conference organized by the Canadian Tax Foundation which brought together members of the Department of Finance and tax advisors, Finance was unable to….

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Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, Tax Issues

Control in the Valuation of Business Interests for Estate Planning

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From time to time, I am asked to prepare, review or comment on structures for estate planning purposes with a mind to valuation issues. A common valuation issue is control and whether or not the value of the business interest(s) in the estate plan should be discounted for lack of control or should have premium attached to it because the holder of the business interest(s) do(es) have control. Valuators rely….

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Business Succession Planning, Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Investments, Property, Small Business, Succession Planning, Tax Issues, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Taming the Cottage Gremlins with a Non-Profit Organization

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This Blog was written by Carol Willes, One of our family’s favourite pastimes at the cottage is to build a roaring campfire and spend the evenings telling stories, singing along to guitar tunes and roasting the occasional marshmallow. Every so often, however, some unwelcome visitors show up and crash our campfire bliss. This generally happens when the fireside conversation turns to the future of the cottage once mom and dad….

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Cottage, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Succession Planning, Uncategorized, Wills

Will Planning for Beneficiaries

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In what might be one of the last pipeline transactions my office will advise on (depending on the outcome of the Government of Canada tax proposals), I ran into an unfortunate situation which served to highlight a fundamental aspect of estate planning: Planning for your beneficiaries. Recently, I reached out to the beneficiaries of the estate I am working on to determine their personal tax positions for this current year…..

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Business Succession Planning, Disability, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Tax Issues, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Locking-in Your Family’s Inheritance – a Matter of “Trust”?

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Today’s guest blogger is Wendy Templeton. Wendy is a member of the Wills, Estates and Wealth Management Group at LLF Lawyers in Peterborough, Ontario.  She is a well-known author and lecturer with a background in taxation of trusts and estates, business succession, and wills, trusts and estates.  She has a strong commitment to education, having made a significant contribution to the Diploma program for the Society of Trust and Estate….

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