Tax Issues

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Estate income entitlement

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With the filing deadline for trust tax returns fast approaching, it is a good idea to take a look at some recent tax news which may be of some interest to executors. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) was recently asked their view on whether a beneficiary of an estate has the right to income of an estate after the estate has passed the end of the “executor’s year” such that….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Tax Issues, Wills

Post-Death Decline in the Value of RRSP or RRIF: What Happens?

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Generally, when an annuitant of a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (“RRSP”) or a Registered Retirement Income Fund (“RRIF”) dies, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”)  will consider that the annuitant received, immediately before death, an amount equal to the fair market value (“FMV”) of the property held in the RRSP or RRIF at the time of death. This amount and all other amounts the annuitant received from the RRSP or RRIF….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Tax Issues, Uncategorized

The winds of change

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As tax and estate planning goes, advisors look for signs of things to come and events to happen.  We have started to hear rumblings about rising interest rates perhaps suggesting some action may be required where prescribed rate loans are involved. Last week I was alerted to the fact the Bank of Canada posted the average yield on 3 month treasury bills 1.17%.  Should the average yield at the January….

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Estate Planning, Interest, Tax Issues, Uncategorized

Withdrawal of RRSP Over-Contributions After Death

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When an annuitant of a RRSP makes over-contributions (or unused contributions) to his or her RRSP and wants to withdraw them without penalty, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) will permit the annuitant to withdraw the over contributions and claim a deduction accordingly, as long as the CRA can be shown that the annuitant intended to fully deduct the contributions in the year made or the year before, or the contributions….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Tax Issues

The Senate Strikes Back?

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The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the federal government’s reforms to the taxation of private companies was released on December 13, 2017. On that date, the Minister of Finance released the draft legislation and explanatory notes for the revised version of the “income sprinkling” or “TOSI” (tax on split income) rules that were first released on July 18, 2017. The release also includes a guidance document that is….

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Tax Issues

Trust Allocations and Gifts to Family Members

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A common estate planning technique is to structure a family trust which owns the shares of a small business corporation in such a way that allows each beneficiary (most commonly being members of the taxpayer’s immediate family – spouse and/or children) to participate in the sale or disposition of the business, thereby utilizing their life time capital gains exemption and potentially saving several hundred thousand dollars in taxes payable on….

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