This Month’s Poll
Do you agree with the government’s plan to introduce the new Canada Groceries Essentials Benefit (CGEB)?Managing Capital Losses: Four Discussion Points
The selling of capital assets is a permanent transaction, one that can lock in gains and losses and leave taxpayers with either positive or negative tax results. Structuring transfers of assets to family members can be just as precarious, without financial guidance from learned and experienced specialists, that is.
Tim Cestnick on Bridging Generations with Creative Planning
At this year’s Distinguished Advisors Conference (DAC), one of Canada’s most respected tax experts, Tim Cestnick, Managing Director of Advanced Wealth Planning at Scotiabank, offered insights into the six types of capital inherent in family wealth, and into using trusts to preserve as much financial capital as possible in a transfer of wealth.
