Beneficiary – Advisor's Edge https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca The best news source for Canadian financial advisors. Investments, financial markets, insurance, practice management, tax and estate planning Mon, 02 May 2022 20:54:04 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/cropped-advisor-ico-32x32.png Beneficiary – Advisor's Edge https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca 32 32 Breaking down the ‘executor’s year’ https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/magazine-archives_/advisors-edge_/breaking-down-the-executors-year/ Mon, 09 May 2022 14:00:44 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=208715 Some beneficiaries are entitled to interest on their inheritance starting one year after death

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Finding missing beneficiaries https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/magazine-archives_/advisors-edge_/finding-missing-beneficiaries/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:00:32 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=206348 What executors need to know when a beneficiary can’t be easily identified or found

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Effective planning includes updating beneficiary designations https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/my-practice/conversations/effective-planning-includes-updating-beneficiary-designations/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:42:28 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=203318 At FP Canada's ethics session, financial planners were urged to proactively address client changes

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Estate experts seek resolution on beneficiary designation issue https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/estate-experts-seek-resolution-on-beneficiary-designation-issue/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:52:26 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=197381 Stakeholders want it to be clear that beneficiary designations indicate the deceased's wishes

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RRSPs, RRIFs and withholding taxes at death https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/rrsps-rrifs-and-withholding-taxes-at-death/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:00:23 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=192833 The absence of withholding taxes can create unexpected consequences if no planning is done

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The secret to using secret trusts https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/magazine-archives_/advisors-edge_/the-secret-to-using-secret-trusts/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:00:38 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=192083 Clients considering the strategy must take extra care

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Breaking down the duty to inform https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/breaking-down-the-duty-to-inform/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:10:15 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=190643 Regularly providing information to beneficiaries — and keeping records — will go a long way

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Pandemic complicates discretionary trust payouts https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/pandemic-complicates-discretionary-trust-payouts/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=187178 Trustees must balance the interests of income and capital beneficiaries amid economic uncertainty

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Effective beneficiary designations when converting RRSPs to RRIFs https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/effective-beneficiary-designations-when-converting-rrsps-to-rrifs/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:00:04 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=186068 Help your client avoid these estate planning pitfalls

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When naming minor beneficiaries causes major complications https://uat-phoenix.advisor.ca/columnists_/when-naming-minor-beneficiaries-causes-major-complications/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=183693 A lack of planning can impede your client’s wishes

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