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Learn More About Retirement Planning
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Learn More About Retirement Planning

How Business Owners can increase their Retirement Savings by Investing within their Corporation.
A great strategy many owners of Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPC) use to build up retirement savings is to invest within their corporation using the benefit of the tax deferral between their personal income tax rate and the small business income tax rate. Why invest with your CCPC? Investing within your CCPC

Do you need Disability Insurance?
Disability Insurance? While reviewing the financial documents during a meeting with a couple in their forties who wished to create a retirement plan, I didn’t see any disability insurance for one of the spouses. He had a group disability policy with work, but she was self-employed and didn’t have one.

Trusts for Retirees – Probate Planning
When estate planning, most retirees wish to review strategies to avoid probate fees, which in Ontario are 1.5% of the value of the asset that is distributed via a will. A potential client asked, “Can trusts be used to avoid probate costs when we transfer assets to the next generation?” The

So, You’re an Executor – What are Your Duties and Liabilities?
Chapter Seven of Preserving Wealth. For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE The first three days of our vacation were perfect. The temperature was near thirty degrees, with just enough of a breeze for windsurfing. The kids were behaving, and all seemed right with the world. Sally was

The Four Essential Family Conversations
Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® Based on my experience of helping many families over the years, I have found that there are four essential conversations that families should be having concerning their financial and estate plans. They are: The Estate Documents

Nine Tax Strategies to Pay Less Tax in Retirement
Income tax is one of the largest expenses any retiree has. The Fraser Institute Report indicated that Canadians paid 42.3% of income as taxes in 2024. Your goal in retirement should be to organize your income stream to: reduce the amount of tax you may have to pay preserve any
How Business Owners can increase their Retirement Savings by Investing within their Corporation.
Do you need Disability Insurance?
Trusts for Retirees – Probate Planning
So, You’re an Executor – What are Your Duties and Liabilities?
The Four Essential Family Conversations
Nine Tax Strategies to Pay Less Tax in Retirement
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