US Expatriation Eric Miller October 16, 2022 US Expatriation Eric Miller October 16, 2022 The US is the only country other than Eritrea that taxes its citizens on their income regardless of their residence. Whether they know it or not, American citizens living abroad, their families, [...]
Update on Virtual Witnessing of Wills and Powers of Attorney in Ontario Zaina Kottis July 19, 2021 Update on Virtual Witnessing of Wills and Powers of Attorney in Ontario Zaina Kottis July 19, 2021 Please note that the content below is only applicable in the province of [...]
Potential US Tax Changes Canadians Should Keep Their Eye On Bradley Richard Thompson June 10, 2021 Potential US Tax Changes Canadians Should Keep Their Eye On Bradley Richard Thompson June 10, 2021 Potential US tax changes Canadians should keep their eye on We are now six months [...]
What U.S. tax proposals mean for Canadians David A. Altro Special to the Advisor's Edge May 26, 2021 We are very pleased to share that partner David A. Altro was asked to prepare a special for The Advisor's Edge, which was published on May 26, 2021. His article is titled “What U.S. tax [...]
How Donald Trump is driving Americans to renounce their citizenship August 2020 He may not have built his “beautiful wall”, but Donald Trump is doing an A+ job of keeping people, including his own citizens, out of the US. Record numbers of people are giving up their US citizenship, according [...]
The solution to the probate problem is something I call the Cross Border Trust (CBT). It takes care of many of the other cross border legal issues, too.
Probate is the legal procedure before the county probate court where the property is located. Probate is expensive, time-consuming and freezes the estate. It is a public procedure.
David Altro, Matt Altro, and Zaina Kottis were asked to prepare a special for The Globe and Mail, which was published on June 17, 2019. Their article titled “If your child lives in the U.S., it may be time to revise your will” examines six essential hurdles that Canadian citizens will have to overcome when appointing American resident children as executor of their will.
