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DISABILTY TAX CREDIT CERTIFICATE: WHO CAN CERTIFY?

Steven Frye • October 4, 2016

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

Family Conversations and Broken Telephone

Audrey Miller • September 28, 2016

Communication is often the key to a successful relationship. This holds true for discussions held between parents and their adult children but when it comes to ‘having the talk’ about aging and caring, there seems to be a broken telephone………

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Elder Care, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney

MYTHS, MYTHS AND MORE MYTHS – WHAT’S THE REALITY?

Corina Weigl • August 19, 2016

Over the course of my practice I’ve had clients, family and friends all make pronouncements with respect to matters related to Wills and estate planning as if the statements are fact, when in reality they are often myth. Being someone whose profession operates on fact, I will try to set the record straight. From time to time though, the prosthelizer is so certain in his or her “cocktail party advice”, that attempting to set the record straight is challenging. In today’s blog I’d like to debunk some of the myths…..

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Power of Attorney, Probate Tax, Spouse, Wills

Another Deadline Passes – The Continuing Saga of Bill C-14

Paul Fensom • June 13, 2016

In February of last year, in Carter v. Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the ban on doctor-assisted dying, and gave the federal government 1 year to instate a law ….

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Disability, Estate Planning, In the News, Power of Attorney

PERSONAL TAX SYSTEM FOR SENIORS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CRA

Steven Frye • May 17, 2016

Last month, a fellow blogger Audrey Miller wrote on care expenses and services in general which may be eligible for a tax credit in one form or another. Co-incidentally the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) was recently asked to comment on the tax system overall as it applies to seniors and gave some of their perspective. The taxpayer making the enquiry to the CRA was concerned about seniors who pay for….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Costs, Disability, Elder Care, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, Geriatric Care Management, Guardianship, In the News, Power of Attorney, Tax Issues, Trustee

DNR Order Confirmation Form – A Directive is Not Enough

Katie Ionson • May 16, 2016

Clients who have strong preferences regarding their personal care sometimes include wishes or directions for their attorney to follow in making health care decisions on their behalf. These wishes or directions may include the client’s desire that the hospital refrain from administering CPR or other resuscitation. In addition or alternatively, a client undergoing treatment may have a conversation with his or her health care team regarding resuscitation and a Do….

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Estate Planning, Power of Attorney