Our Non-Resident Digital Event Series continues, with our second installment, “High Net Worth Edition: Legacy, Preservation, and Optimization”, serving up more wisdom from three new industry experts. Continuing our earlier ...
Executor and beneficiary: Know your role
When a person passes away, there are several important duties to be performed in order to fully carry out their financial wishes. Simply having a will isn’t enough to make ...
Financing Canadian land development
At Zeifmans, we’ve supported countless clients throughout every phase of the land development process. Over the years, we’ve honed our knowledge of best practices for financing these large and often ...
Land development and sale | The final installment in a 3-part land development series
Earlier in this blog series, we covered the strategy of land banking, and discussed the important factors requiring consideration during the planning phase in our 3-part land development series. Today, ...
Tax Tips for PRECs
In our recent blog, we took a look at some of the opportunities now available to Ontario realtors through Bill 145. Essentially, the bill allows real estate agents to avail ...
Land planning and profitability | Part 2 in a 3-part land development series
Once land is owned or banked, it is not uncommon for several years to pass before it is ready for land development. Those who are new to the industry, or ...
Is land banking an effective investment strategy? Part 1 in a 3-part land development series
At Zeifmans, we have over 60 years of experience assisting clients throughout all the phases of their land development projects. We’ve seen how the market has changed over the years, ...
How to minimize or defer taxation on your trust’s 21st anniversary
At the 21 year mark, a trust is deemed to have disposed all of its assets at fair market value. And while that doesn’t mean that the beneficiaries lose the ...
The cross-border implications of life insurance taxation
The purpose of life insurance is to provide tax-free funds to those we love in the event of our passing. Ultimately, we want the policy to offer more than just ...