Wright Legal
1700-1185 West Georgia Street V6E4E6 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Wright Legal has a new article on investing in private company shares in your RRSP: https://www.wrightlegal.ca//rrsps-and-private-company-shar

Is your charity earning income on the side? Read on to learn how to operate a business while remaining on-side CRA requirements and tax law: https://www.wrightlegal.ca///8/9/charity-business-planning

Is it time to incorporate? Read my note to see some of the benefits, and also some recent changes in tax law affecting companies: https://www.wrightlegal.ca//2020/10/2/is-it-time-to-incorp

What happens when debt is forgiven? Tax! https://www.wrightlegal.ca//17/forgive-my-intercorporate-d

A question for your business: is it time to freeze? https://www.wrightlegal.ca/publications//5/6/time-to-freeze

This is a brief article I wrote summarizing, in plain language, four of the main federal relief programs for businesses as a result of COVID-19. Hope it helps! https://www.wrightlegal.ca//covid-19-relief-measures-for-b

Interested in cross-border tax structures? Of course you are! https://www.wrightlegal.ca//5/11/this-cross-border-business

Why a shareholders' agreement? I'll tell you! https://www.wrightlegal.ca//1/7/why-a-shareholders-agreeme

One more post for you on tax savings on the sale of real estate: https://www.wrightlegal.ca//hidden-tax-savings-part-2-sell

Defer tax on the sale of a business: https://www.wrightlegal.ca//hidden-tax-savings-part-1-sell And check back next week for an article on the sale of real estate!

Another article from Wright Legal on estates with foreign beneficiaries: https://www.wrightlegal.ca//estates-with-non-resident-bene

Is it time to incorporate? http://www.wrightlegal.ca/publications//time-to-incorporate

Voluntary disclosures: CRA waives penalties and (potentially) interest too when you come in from the cold. Read my article: http://www.wrightlegal.ca/publicati//voluntary-disclosures

Probate fees can be significant, but they're not inevitable. With simple planning, they can be avoided: http://www.wrightlegal.ca//estates-probate-fees-and-alter-

Not all tax on the sale of a business is inevitable. If you own a business, this Business in Vancouver article I wrote might be worth reading: https://www.biv.com//pre-planning-can-limit-tax-bite-sale/

No-nos for NPOs: http://www.wrightlegal.ca//20/2/24/legal-problems-for-npos

Wright Legal has a new article legal issues for charities. Read it here: http://www.wrightlegal.ca//legal-stumbling-blocks-for-char

For an owner-manager of a small business, buying health insurance might not be practical. The option of a health and welfare trust lets you and your company pay less in tax and offers greater flexibility for health care spending. Read my post here: http://www.wrightlegal.ca///11/16/health-and-welfare-trust

Knights, trusts and the "21 year rule": http://www.wrightlegal.ca//2015/9/28/aging-trust-after-21-

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NPO status is not automatic. Care must be taken that the activities of the strata corporation do not cause the corporation to lose this status. Read more here: http://www.wrightlegal.ca//income-of-strata-corporations-h

Read a new post on recent updates to Canada’s Income Tax Act which provide greater flexibility for executors of estates to allocate deductions for charitable gifts between the deceased and her estate: http://www.wrightlegal.ca//new-rules-for-charitable-deduct

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