Tax News

Tax Freedom arrives a little later

Monday June 6 will see the newly minted Conservative government table the federal budget for the second time this year, but it also marks another milestone: Tax Freedom Day. Every year the Fraser Institute calculates the day when the average Canadian will have paid off their tax burden for the year, with earnings from the […]

By Staff |June 3, 2011

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The pitfalls of joint tenancy

Joint tenancy has always been a complex estate planning tool

By Floyd Gradley |June 2, 2011

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Beware the kiddie tax

One of the most popular methods of legal income splitting in the 1990s was to have a business owner issue shares directly or indirectly (via a family trust) to his or her minor children

June 1, 2011

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Choose your executor wisely

Back when I ran my estate law practice, clients often asked me, "Who do you think should be my executor?" My response was never to name names, but rather to suggest principles that might guide the decision process.

June 1, 2011

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