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TAX FREE ROLLOVERS: DIVORCE AND DEATH – NOT A GOOD MIX

Recently, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) was asked to comment on a scenario involving the transfer of a RRSP and a capital asset between ex-spouses, and one the spouses dies before the rollover can be effected: Do the tax free rollover provisions found in the Income Tax Act (“ITA”) still apply? In the scenario presented to the CRA, Mr and Mrs. Z are ex-spouses. They have a written separation agreement….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, Investments, Property, Real Estate, Tax Issues, Trustee, Trusts

The OPGT and the Case of the Missing Estate Trustee

As regular readers of this blog well know, not everyone dies with a will. When this happens, the Succession Law Reform Act (Part II) sets out who are the beneficiaries of the estate, while the Estates Act (section 29) ranks in order of priority who may apply to be estate trustee. This statutory system works well, until no one wishes to step into the role of estate trustee. When that….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Executors, Family Conflict
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