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Top 10 Probate Questions Answered

I recently posted a video discussing the Question “Is there an inheritance Tax in Canada?” and it got a lot of interest and generated a ton of great questions and feedback. So, today is a longer “Part 2” video discussing the answers to some of the most common probate and estate planning questions including the benefits of probate, when probate is mandatory, dealing with estates without going through probate, different probate rules by province, and some examples of both good and bad estate planning.

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Is There An Inheritance Tax in Canada?

So in this video, I'm going to talk about the probate process, how it works in the event of somebody passing away who owns a home that wants their child to inherit that property, what the difference is between probate and capital gains taxes and other forms of tax that might be payable when someone passes away. And hopefully some of this will relieve any concerns you might have about inheritance taxes and maybe help you avoid make. Planning mistakes as you try to avoid this inheritance tax that doesn't exist.

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My Child is Nearly Done University but I stil have an RESP balance - What Can I Do??

Many Canadians have children who are nearing the end of their post secondary education, and they may be holding onto RESP account balances and wondering what they should be doing with them?   For example, their child’s education costs may have been less than they anticipated, their student may have saved through part time work while they were in school, or they may have received scholarships and bursaries that more than covered their education costs.  In this video I’m going to walk through some of the options to effectively use up leftover RESP account balances.

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Avoid Double-Taxation When Giving or Selling Assets to Family

n this video, I am going to talk about the risks of selling assets to your kids at a discount - specifically, the potential for double taxation. I will begin with introducing a hypothetical situation. Then I talk about how double-taxation occurs then give you 3 alternatives that may make the transfer of that asset to your children more smooth and tax efficient.

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Can a Financial Plan Be One Page? & Onboarding at Walhout Financial Thumbnail

Can a Financial Plan Be One Page? & Onboarding at Walhout Financial

In this video, I am going to walk through the exact process that I step through with clients who are considering hiring me as their financial planner. I will step through the documents that I review, the discussions that we have, and the deliverable that every client gets before they make any decisions. I will outline the main components of a retirement financial plan, the criteria that you should use to measure how good or bad a retirement plan is, and to give you an idea of what it might look like to get started working with me.

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Will I Owe Taxes When I sell my Country Home? Principal Residence Exemption Examined Thumbnail

Will I Owe Taxes When I sell my Country Home? Principal Residence Exemption Examined

A couple that I spoke to last week are considering selling their country home that sits on a large property. They understand that the gain on principal residences is sheltered by the principal residence exemption. But because of the size of their lot, they are concerned that there may be taxes owing when they go to sell the property. In this video, we will dig into a fictionalized situation based on this tax scenario and determine if, in fact, our sample couple Jack and Jill have a tax bill owing when they decide to sell their country home

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The 2024 Federal Budge and How It Will Impact Canadian Retirees

On April 16 the Minister of Finance delivered the 2024 Federal Budget in the House of Commons. The budget contained a long list of new spending initiatives and also included new tax measures that will have a big impact on individual Canadians and businesses. In this video I am going to focus on several items in the budget that I believe will have an impact specifically for retirees and their families. 1. The New Capital Gains inclusion rates 2. Amendments to the Home Buyers Plan 3. New RESP rules 4. Automatic Tax Filing 5. My personal thoughts on the budget to close

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My Take on the Last-Minute Removal of the Trust Reporting Requirement for Bare Trusts

On March 28th, 2024 the CRA announced that Bare Trusts are exempt from the new trust reporting requirements for the 2023 Tax Year. While on its face this may come as a relief - the announcement has created a significant amount of frustration with taxpayers and their professional advisors. In this video, I will explain the announcement from the CRA last week, the impact on taxpayers who may have had a bare trust reporting requirement, and the reasons why I think the government needs to take notice of their mistakes here and make changes to the way that they roll out new tax policy to avoid more pain and frustration for taxpayers in the future.

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