US Gift Tax for Canadians
If you own a vacation home in the United States, you may have been advised by a friend or even an American lawyer to put your children on title by [...]
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01, 2018
Were You Born a US Citizen?
US citizenship can be acquired either at birth or through naturalization. This blog will identify the rules by which US citizenship can be acquired at birth. It is common knowledge [...]
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01, 2018
Incapacity Planning in Quebec – Protection Mandates and Powers of Attorney
Incapacity is the absence of the physical or mental faculties that are necessary to exercise civil and legal rights. A person who has been declared incapable by a court no [...]
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12, 2017
Checklist for Canadians Buying Real Estate in Florida
Many Canadians who are interested real estate in purchasing a condominium in Florida are unaware of the particularities of the purchase process and the issues relating to the ownership of [...]
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12, 2017
US Real Estate for Canadians – Incapacity Planning
If you are a Canadian who owns US real estate, planning for the possibility of incapacity is an essential component of prudent estate planning. Incapacity is the absence of the [...]
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12, 2017
US Tax Reform Bill – Proposed Change for Small Businesses
One of the principal election promises of the Republican Party in 2016 US presidential election campaign was US tax reform. After several months of work, both houses of the US [...]
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11, 2017
Taxation of US Corporations – Corporate Inversion
More and more US citizens who live abroad and have acquired citizenship in their country of residence have opted to renounce their US citizenship, namely to avoid onerous US tax [...]
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11, 2017
Life Insurance and US Estate Tax for Canadians
Many Canadians use life insurance policies as an estate planning tool to ensure their families are cared after and to pay tax owed by their estates on accrued capital gains [...]
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10, 2017
IRS Releases New 2018 Estate and Gift Tax Limits
Last month, the IRS announced its annual inflation adjustments for a number of tax-related provisions for 2018, including the estate and gift tax limits and annual gift tax exemption. With [...]
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09, 2017
The Globe and Mail – Could a Flood, Storm or Hurricane Derail Your Retirement?
Shlomi Steve Levy was interviewed by Gail Johnson for an article which appeared in the Globe and Mail. In the article, Gail asks Shlomi about how Canadians who purchase US [...]
