Tax Law

A MIC’s Specified Shareholder, Related Persons and Prohibited RRSP Investment Considerations

The Question being asked is a brother or sister of a shareholder of a mortgage investment corporation (MIC) a specified shareholder (To qualify as a MIC...

MIC Foreign Investors & Withholding Taxes on Dividends

The Quick and Simple is that Yes, withholding taxes (usually 25% of gross amount unless subject to a tax treaty with the resident country of the...

The Ontario Real Estate market meets its April 2017 Budget; are we in crisis?

April 2017 will possibly go down as the turning point in Ontario/Canada's economy. Although the brunt of the straws that broke the camel’s back were dropped...

A MIC or a Mortgage Investment Corporation: What are they and how do you start one?

With significant potential for favourable rates of return and previously instituted tax exemptions, Canadian Mortgage Investment Corporations (MIC’s) are increasingly becoming recognized as a low-risk method...

Professional Corporations: What are they and how are they different from any other corporation?

Prior to the end of 2001, professionals could not incorporate their practices except as allowed by the laws that regulated their specific profession (all compliant professional...

Everyone’s a “Builder”, but what does that mean in terms of HST?

For purposes below referring to a “house” includes a condo as well.  Did you know that CRA will consider you a “Builder” if:1)       You are an...

Property Tax in Ontario: A Primer

One of the most contentious issues in real estate and property is how real property taxes are assessed and charged to the property owner, of course,...

ESTATES & NFP: Income Tax and Family Law considerations at death

Income Taxes at DeathClaims arising on the death of a spouse are not many, nor is there much jurisprudence dealing therewith. But claims arising on marriage...

TRUSTS & ESTATES: How your Beneficiaries are taxed

Taxation of BeneficiariesUnder subsection 104(13) of the Canadian Income Tax Act (“ITA”), the income of a trust or estate that is paid or payable to a...

TRUSTS & ESTATES: Transfering assets to your spouse or children

Trusts and AttributionThe attribution rules for trusts, transferors, and so on are given in Subsections 74.1(1) and 74.2(2) of the Canadian Income Tax Act (“ITA”).  These...