Beneficiary Designations Beneficiary designations allow assets (of a certain class such as RSPs, life insurance proceeds, and other registered investments allowing for beneficiary designation) (hereinafter the "Qualifying Assets") to pass directly to beneficiaries outside the terms of a Last Will…
Distributions to Non-Resident Beneficiaries The need to consult and retain the services of professional Accountants in order to assist throughout the administration of an estate and the trusts created thereby is ever apparent in cases involving beneficiaries who are non-residents…
Estate Planning: Frequently Asked Questions Question: What happens to my real and personal property in the instance that I die without having made a will? Answer: The law regards a deceased person who did not leave a Will to have…
Estate Planning: Preserving the Estate Estate Planning is to preservation of estate value what love is to marriage - you can't have one without the other.Absent an estate plan, estate assets are almost certain to be eroded by a number…
Estate Planning: The Basics What is your Estate? Your estate is comprised of everything owned by you. What is Estate Planning? Estate Planning is the process of establishing a plan for the management and distribution of your assets after your…
