DEADLINE PENDING! MUST YOU FILE A TRUST RETURN? We have written before about the new trust reporting rules that were enacted by Parliament in December 2022, and which first apply for the 2023 tax year. The first reporting under these rules is required by April 2, 2024. (The deadline is 90 days after year-end. Because this year is […]
END-OF-YEAR TAX CONSIDERATIONS With the end of the year fast approaching, the window for taking steps to claim certain deductions, and for planning to minimize your 2023 tax liability, is closing. There are several things that can be done before January 1 to help control your ultimate tax payment, or maximize your tax refund, in April 2024. […]
SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENTS Whenever a private corporation has shareholders from more than one family (and sometimes even within the same family), shareholder agreements should be considered. A typical situation is where two or three individuals go into business together, and incorporate their business, with each one owning an equal or unequal number of shares of […]
RRSP VS. TFSA – WHICH IS BETTER? This is a question that comes up regularly in financial planning and tax planning circles. But before we attempt to answer the question, we need to know the difference in the tax treatment between these plans. Although some commentators call the first 60 days of the year the […]
SHOULD YOU FILE YOUR INCOME TAX RETURN IF YOU CAN’T PAY? Suppose you are (or your corporation is) ready to file your income tax return, or a GST/HST return, by the filing deadline (which might be, say, April 30 or June 15). But you don’t have enough money to pay the balance. Should you file anyway? We […]
TAX PLANNING AND ADVANCED LIFE-DEFERRED ANNUITIES (ALDAs) If you own a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), you must wind it up by the end of the year in which you turn 71. At that point, you have the following options. First, you can take out all the funds in one lump sum. However, since the […]
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