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Private company shares and life insurance
It is not unusual to see a corporate beneficiary of a life insurance policy collect the insurance on the death of the insured shareholder. Depending on the circumstances, there are creative ways to use the insurance to benefit such persons as the deceased’s estate or other shareholders of the company.
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Business Succession Planning, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Insurance, Liability, Small Business, Succession Planning, Tax IssuesTIME FOR A REFREEZE – PART 2
In my last blog, I wrote about how you might consider refreezing your existing freeze shares if the enterprise has recently declined in value, so that your chosen successors can participate sooner in the future growth of your enterprise and in the meantime your tax liability can be reduced on the disposition of those shares by you or your estate. Today I would like to write about how you might accomplish a refreeze and provide you with a few words of caution.
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Business Succession Planning, Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Investments, Small Business, Succession Planning, Tax IssuesTIME FOR A REFREEZE?
The freezing of current share value so that your chosen successors can easily participate in the future growth of your enterprise is a common estate planning technique. What if the value of the frozen shares now exceeds the value of the enterprise as a whole?
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Business Succession Planning, Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Planning, Investments, Liability, Small Business, Succession Planning, Tax IssuesHuguette Clark: prepared to be an heiress ?
Huguette Clark died on May 24, 2011 in New York city at the age of 104. A hospital served as her residence for the last 20 years. Her estate is estimated to be about $500 million.
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