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Feb 5, 2021 · Unless someone is given the legal authority to manage the money and who can provide a valid release to the executor, the minor is not able to receive these funds personally until he or she attains the age of 18. So, what happens when a minor gets an inheritance outright?
Nov 7, 2018 · Leaving an inheritance for your grandchildren. Q: My mother has just sold her home and is wanting to open an account for her grandchildren for the purpose of purchasing a home or higher...
Nov 28, 2023 · Placing their assets in a trust, which they can access if required but will otherwise pass to your grandchildren free of estate and generation-skipping taxes, may be a better option.
- Including no age stipulation. We have no idea how old the grandchildren will be when we pass on. If they are under 18, or if they are financially immature when you die, they could receive a large inheritance before they know how to handle it, and it could be easily wasted.
- Too much, too soon. Even if your grandkids are legally old enough to receive an inheritance when you pass on, if they haven’t learned enough about handling large sums of money properly, the inheritance could still be quickly squandered.
- Not communicating how you’d like your grandchildren to use the inheritance. You might trust your grandchildren implicitly to handle their inheritance, but if you have specific intentions for what you want that inheritance to do for them (e.g., put them through college, buy them a house, help them start a business, or something else entirely), you can’t expect it to happen if you don’t communicate it to them in your will or trust.
- Being ambiguous in your language. Money can make people act in unusual ways. If there is any ambiguity in your will or trust as to how much you’re leaving each grandchild, and in what capacity, the door could be opened for greedy relatives to contest your plan.
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If your grandchildren are over the age of majority and are responsible enough to receive an inheritance directly, they can be named as beneficiaries on a registered plan or of an insurance policy, or as beneficiaries in your will. (The best life insurance in Canada: your complete guide.) If they are under the age of 18 or there are reasons that the...
Qualified disability trusts arising on the death of an individual and for a disabled beneficiary also benefit from special tax treatment. The income of the trust is taxed at graduated marginal tax rates, like an individual taxpayer, enabling income splitting between the trust and the beneficiary. This differs from other testamentary trusts which ar...
If you name a grandchild as the beneficiary of a specific asset, you should be mindful of the tax consequences. Some assets, like a memento or a car, may have no tax payable, though could be subject to provincial or territorial probate or estate administration tax. Others, like a cottage or a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)and/or a regist...
Aug 5, 2022 · The Calgary native recently came into a “multi-million-dollar” inheritance from her father. But she still refused to repay the $160,000 owing on her condo mortgage, insisting Canadian laws did ...
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Feb 19, 2021 · Feb. 19, 2021. For most older parents, it is simpler to leave each adult child the same inheritance. But is equal always equitable? For many, the answer is no. And as the pandemic drives people...
