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How’s it going … with the new probate forms?

By Betty Laidlaw • March 4, 2022 • 0 Comments

It has been two months since the new process and forms for obtaining a Certificate of Appointment (probate grant) came into effect at the beginning of the year under Ontario Regulation 709/21. As my colleague, Sandra Arsenault, wrote in her blog “The new amendments, which come into effect as of…

“To give or not to Give?” is only the first part of the question – as important is “How”?

By Maureen Berry • February 11, 2022 • 0 Comments

Charitable giving is often an important goal of a client’s planning. As the title of this blog suggests, there are many ways to achieve this objective. What follows is a general overview of on of the options available for charitable giving- namely the establishment of a private foundation- and addresses…

Reflections …. And Resolutions

By Maureen Berry • December 31, 2021 • 0 Comments

As the calendar flips into 2022, I am sure many of us will be thinking – where did 2021 go? Without an active social life to distract me, why are my own affairs not in order? And, of course, what are my New Year’s resolutions for 2022? The end of…

Wine and Estates Revisited

By Malcolm Burrows • December 16, 2021 • 2 Comments

When I last wrote about wine and estates it was 2019. A distant epoch. The Canadian situation has changed dramatically since then. Not only have I been drinking more and better wine (I’m not alone), but the secondary wine market has changed. It’s more liquid, if you will. This is…

Software Applications as Aids to the Estates Advisor

By Demetre Vasilounis • November 26, 2021 • 0 Comments

Software Applications as Aids to the Estates Advisor For all of us advisors, there are likely certain types of software applications that we use for our day-to-day tasks: perhaps its Microsoft Outlook for sending emails, or a timekeeping software for recording dockets. And although these programs are leaps and bounds…

Think about your Estate Plan before you travel…

By Fasken • November 19, 2021 • 0 Comments

Today’s blog was written by Courtney Lanthier, Law Clerk at Fasken LLP With winter sneaking up on us (rather quickly, I might add) and the travel bans slowly being lifted, we’re bound to get an influx of calls and e-mails from clients wanting to update their estate plans or check…

Stripping Assets Out of Corporations; Will Drafting Considerations

By Tamar Silverbrook • November 12, 2021 • 1 Comment

Imagine you have an interest in a privately held corporation, which corporation’s underlying assets include a valuable art collection. Perhaps on your death you would like the art collection, or certain pieces, to be given to your closest friend, with the remaining assets (represented by the shares in the corporation)…

Assessing Drake’s Estate Planning Needs

By Demetre Vasilounis • September 24, 2021 • 2 Comments

As a Toronto native, I couldn’t help but listen to rapper Drake’s highly-anticipated new album Certified Lover Boy, which he released just a few weeks ago. In fact, it has been enjoying record-breaking streaming numbers from music fans around the world, amassing a staggering 153 million global Spotify streams in…

INSURANCE TRACKING SHARES

By Steven Frye • September 21, 2021 • 0 Comments

If a taxpayer owns shares of a corporation and passes away, he or she is deemed to have disposed of their shareholding at fair market value (“FMV”) unless a tax-free rollover is applied (e.g., rollover to a surviving spouse). The disposition of shares may cause a tax liability. In the…

AMENDING TAX ELECTIONS AFTER THE FACT

By Steven Frye • August 10, 2021 • 0 Comments

The rollover provisions of the Income Tax Act, under subsection 85, permit a taxpayer to elect to transfer “eligible property” to a taxable Canadian corporation in exchange for consideration that includes at least one share of the corporation. “Eligible property” includes most capital property, Canadian or foreign resource property, eligible…

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How’s it going … with the new probate forms?

“To give or not to Give?” is only the first part of the question – as important is “How”?

Reflections …. And Resolutions

Wine and Estates Revisited

Software Applications as Aids to the Estates Advisor

Think about your Estate Plan before you travel…

Stripping Assets Out of Corporations; Will Drafting Considerations

Assessing Drake’s Estate Planning Needs

INSURANCE TRACKING SHARES

AMENDING TAX ELECTIONS AFTER THE FACT

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