Tax Shock Adds to Family Heartbreak

Last month the sad story of an Ontario family who suddenly lost both parents in 2024 was shared in Burlington Today.  The tax outcomes were just as shocking as the two deaths from unrelated causes.  There was a cottage, a large RRSP and a big tax bill.   Some of the outcomes could have been mitigated with some planning.   I sat down with CTV’s Pat Foran to discuss the outcomes – with a message important to family planning.  

Hundreds of leaders in the tax and financial services took part in a significant educational event last week:  transition planning featuring the new federal budget provisions including the Graduate Trust Estate rules. 

Evelyn Jacks, President of Knowledge Bureau, kicked off Toronto’s Distinguished Advisor Workshop with an information-packed economic update.

James Bell, Director of Tax Solutions Canada (a member of the Farber Financial Group), is the perfect person to reveal tips, traps, and pitfalls of working with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Executors who face the problem of how to pay the taxes on the estate where the capital is tied up in capital assets have a way to solve the problem – if they can find it.

Payroll deduction tables have been adjusted as of July 1 for BC, NB, NL and YK as a result of changes announced in the 2015 provincial and territorial budgets.

There’s a Yin and a Yang to Canadian economic news these days.