Finance Minister Bill Morneau released his 2019 Federal Budget on March 19, 2019. The Budget forecasts a deficit of $14.9 billion for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, but is expected to ...
Estate freezes: key to business owners’ estate planning to reduce or defer capital gains tax
Estate freezes have been the cornerstone of estate planning for business owners for as long as capital gains tax has existed in Canada, dating back to 1972. The main driver ...
Doing Business Globally: A Tax Update
In June 2018, in conjunction with hosting the international tax conference of Nexia International – a global network of independent accounting and consulting firms and one of the top ten global ...
The new income sprinkling rules: Part 3 – The third, fourth and fifth exceptions from the TOSI rules
In parts one and two of this series, we looked at the main changes to the legislation, as well as the first two exceptions from the TOSI rules. In part ...
The new income sprinkling rules: Part 2 – The first and second exceptions from the TOSI rules
New legislation regarding the use of income sprinkling rules came into effect on January 1, 2018. Referred to as the “Tax on Split Income”, or “TOSI”, the intention of the ...
The new income sprinkling rules: Part 1 – What has changed under the new TOSI legislation?
On December 13, 2017 the federal government released legislation with the intent to simplify the income sprinkling rules (referred to as the Tax On Split Income or TOSI) previously released ...