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How Insurance Delivers Security and Opportunity for Your Client’s Business

If your client is a business owner, insurance can help provide them with not only protection, but opportunity when it comes to growing their business. Life insurance policies can help protect shareholders and their family members, the corporation itself, as well as key persons to the business. It can also help enhance cash flow to the corporation by assigning the policy as collateral for a loan. Continue reading “How Insurance Delivers Security and Opportunity for Your Client’s Business” →

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Separation of Owner and Beneficiary in Corporate Context – Who is Paying the Premium?

There are many reasons in the corporate context to have one company (a holding company or a sister company) own the life insurance policy on a shareholder and have the operating company as the beneficiary.  One very important reason is that the separation allows for the operating company to fund the buy out of the shareholder’s estate on the death of the shareholder pursuant to a shareholder agreement. Continue reading “Separation of Owner and Beneficiary in Corporate Context – Who is Paying the Premium?” →

What Your Client Can Expect When They Apply for Insurance

The process of obtaining insurance is no small feat. From the application process, to medicals, to policy payments and more, there are many steps involved in securing insurance for your client and their family.

Here is a great article for you to share with your clients; something to explain in detail the full process of acquiring insurance. Of course, you will need to follow up with a phone call and perhaps a meeting, but this article is a good way to start the insurance conversation and provide your clients with a roadmap to what they can expect during this time. Continue reading “What Your Client Can Expect When They Apply for Insurance” →

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Having a Drink: Is One Too Many?

Having a drink, taking a shot, chugging a brew are familiar synonyms for alcohol consumption. This is neither new nor regional. Humankind the world over has been fermenting beverages for millennia with the oldest verifiable brewery located near Haifa in modern day Israel (1). Whether imbibing baijiu in Shanghai, sake in Tokyo, ouzo in Athens or a stunning variety of wines in the Mediterranean countries, the cultural and geographical blueprint for alcohol use runs deep and broad. France even has wines named after some of its’ most famous regions as any proud denizen of Champagne or Bordeaux will boast. Continue reading “Having a Drink: Is One Too Many?” →

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The 2023 RRSP Contribution Deadline

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New Year celebrations have come and gone, but don’t worry, it’s not too late for your client to make an RRSP contribution for 2023. The Income Tax Act allows an RRSP contribution that is made within the first 60 days of the following year to be used either in the year of contribution or in the year prior. So, if your client makes an RRSP contribution by February 29, 2024, the contribution can still be used as a deduction from their 2023 income. Definitely some good news to share with your clients! Continue reading “The 2023 RRSP Contribution Deadline” →

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Tax Season

Everywhere you go

Take a look at your T5 and T4, or you may soon be poor

With all the taxes at your door.

It’s that lovely time of the year when everyone is full of cheer (the 2023 brand of cheer, that is!) And now, tax season is just around the corner. But that’s no reason to fret! You still have time to act and ensure your taxes are a delight and not a downright fright. That little extra time may just be enough to pay off that pony you just bought little Tony.

So, here’s a little gift to get your season started right whether you’re a toy building elf, a gift giving saint, or a retired snowman, there’s a tax guide for you.   Continue reading “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Tax Season” →

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Optimizing Your Client’s RRSP

Every dollar counts when your clients are working hard to meet their financial obligations while also saving for retirement. This calculator shows how they could increase their expected tax refund and use it to increase their planned RRSP contribution, significantly enhancing their short and long-term RRSP savings. Your clients have options to temporarily fund their additional contribution using an out-of-pocket strategy or a conservative short-term RRSP loan strategy (until they recoup it from their expected refund).

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