Choosing the right Executor
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Choose your Estate Battles Carefully
Not a happy day for respondent beneficiaries where a rectification application they opposed was granted and the court then ordered that they pay the costs of the applicant personally. Estate litigation is no cake walk…..
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Estate Litigation, WillsEstate losses – turning bad into good.
Capital losses sustained by an estate when assets go down in value after death are of little use. This can be frustrating particularly when the deceased has paid tax on capital gains made on the deemed disposition of the same assets on the terminal return. Read on to find out how to turn a bad loss into good tax recovery when action is taken within the first year anniversary of death…..
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Estate Planning, Executors, WillsRectifying a Will based on a Testator’s True Intentions
Where the language of the Will is unequivocal and approved by the testator, a court will refuse to rectify a will to match the testator’s true intentions…..
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Contested wills, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, WillsCan your TSFA Survive you?
By now, most of us have tax-free savings accounts (TFSA’s). Despite some early (and perhaps ongoing) confusion on as to how they work particularly with regard to deposits and withdrawals, TFSA’s appear to be working fine for all those who have them.
Have you thought about what happens to your TSFA’s upon your death?
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