 | | February 2019 | Family trusts: the aftermath
Michael Heaford, CPA, CA, CFP, TEP, is Senior Principal, Tax & Financial Planning Services in the Leamington office of Baker Tilly
Jason Melo, CPA, CA, CFP, CPA (Illinois), is Managing Partner in the Leamington office of Baker Tilly | The last 24 months have seen a deluge of tax announcements from Ottawa with adverse impacts on private family businesses and corresponding family members. Announcements were implemented, modified and shelved, so taxpayers and advisors are still coping with the changes. Many taxpayers are understandably confused about which planning strategies remain available.
Two changes (discussed in previous Baker Tilly publications), impact the use of family trusts (herein referred to simply as “trusts”):
- Expanded “kiddie tax” rules, or tax on split income (TOSI), subject additional sources of income to tax at the top marginal rate.
- Taxpayers involved or connected with a trust will have personal details disclosed to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as part of expanded trust disclosure requirements effective for the 2021 year. These new requirements will increase the work and costs of maintaining a trust.
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