Foreign Private Foundations for Canadians A private foundation is a corporate entity with separate legal personality, but which has no owners, and therefore does not issue shares or other ownership interests. It is established by a founder who contributes initial...
Canadian Immigration: The Importance of Tax Planning For anyone planning to immigrate to Canada, or former Canadian residents preparing to return after a period of non-residency, it is worth taking the time to do some pre-immigration tax planning. It may well be...
International Estate Administration for Canadian executors or beneficiaries The administration of an estate can be a complex and intimidating process at the best of times. If the estate in question has international components to it, the complexity increases and...
Italy is a civil law country and title to property succeeds from one generation to the next according to the provisions of the Civil Code. Property may pass by the laws of “headed” succession (without a will), or by will or other testamentary instrument. Forced...
The second wave of Covid-19 in this fall 2020 has shown that the virus is not yet under control and that it may still take us a long time to go back to a new normality. The pandemic has given us time to reflect, prioritize and take up projects that were on stand-by...
