Category: Estate Planning

Update on the Canada Revenue Agency’s administration of the proposed capital gains taxation changes

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https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/newsroom/tax-tips/tax-tips-2025/update-cra-administration-proposed-capital-gains-taxation-changes.html January 31, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario Canada Revenue Agency The Department of Finance announced today that it will introduce legislation in Parliament in due course, related to the capital gains inclusion rate change with a new effective date of January 1, 2026. The announcement confirms the government’s intention that, effective for dispositions that occur on or after January 1, 2026, the inclusion rate Read more about Update on the Canada Revenue Agency’s administration of the proposed capital gains taxation changes[…]

Corporate Owned Life Insurance – Watch Those Beneficiary Designations!

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As a business owner, your corporation has a life insurance policy on your life – a key part of your estate and succession planning! However, to avoid unintended tax consequences, it’s critical that the beneficiary designations of your corporate owned life insurance policies be reviewed. Where your corporation is the owner and payor of the Read more about Corporate Owned Life Insurance – Watch Those Beneficiary Designations![…]

TFSA

How to retire with over $200,000 Non-Taxable Family Income

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The TFSA program began in 2009. It is a way for individuals who are 18 years of age or older and who have a valid social insurance number (SIN) to set money aside tax free throughout their lifetime. Unlike an RRSP, investors are not able to deduct contributions to a TFSA for tax purposes; however investment Read more about How to retire with over $200,000 Non-Taxable Family Income[…]

Understanding Investment Leveraging – Investment Loans

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Leveraged investing is a technique that seeks higher investment profits by using borrowed money. These profits come from the difference between the investment returns on the borrowed capital and the cost of the associated interest. Leveraged investing exposes an investor to higher return with high risk.  Watch the video below from Industrial Alliance and B2B: Read attached to Read more about Understanding Investment Leveraging – Investment Loans[…]

When Your Business Owns a Life Insurance Policy, Proper Set-Up is Key

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Corporate owned insurance can have many benefits. A policy owned by your operating company though, can cause quite a few headaches. When it comes time to sell your operating company, you may find it very difficult to transfer the policy out of the company. In fact, this type of transfer can have onerous tax consequences. Read more about When Your Business Owns a Life Insurance Policy, Proper Set-Up is Key[…]

The Basics of the Smith Manoeuvre

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In the United States, mortgage interest is tax deductible if you meet certain qualifications. However, mortgage interest isn’t tax deductible here in Canada. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few cool tricks that you can use to improve your tax situation, and that includes turning your mortgage interest into something that could be tax Read more about The Basics of the Smith Manoeuvre[…]

Small business deduction rules

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What is the SBD? The SBD reduces the corporate income tax that a corporation would otherwise have to pay in a taxation year throughout which it was a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC). A corporation’s SBD for a taxation year is generally calculated by multiplying its SBD rate by the lesser of its:  income for the Read more about Small business deduction rules[…]

How Corporate Insurance Can Benefit your Business

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You own your own business and you have incorporated. A smart decision, since corporate structures have significant benefits such as: Limited liability Continuity of the business Easier access to capital Lower income tax rates with the small business tax deduction Potential tax deferral Now that your business is incorporated, have you considered corporate-owned insurance? Not Read more about How Corporate Insurance Can Benefit your Business[…]

IRA to RRSP transfers can be done — but be careful

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An IRA is similar to an RRSP in that contributions are tax deductible, the funds grow tax sheltered while invested inside the account, and there is an annual “required minimum distribution” for investors after the age of 70.5 in which funds are required to be withdrawn and are taxable as income. As advisors, we may Read more about IRA to RRSP transfers can be done — but be careful[…]