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Saying good bye publicly and privately to a remarkable woman.

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[caption id="attachment_4170" align="alignnone" width="300"] Vintage incandescent Edison type bulbs[/caption] “Yesterday, we lost a giant – an exceptionally creative scientist and engineer who was also a delightful human being. Millie Dresselhaus began life as the child of poor Polish immigrants in the Bronx; by the end, she was Institute Professor Emerita, the highest distinction awarded by the MIT faculty. A physicist, materials scientist and electrical engineer, she was known as the….

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INCOME FROM A U.S. TRUST: CAN IT EVER BE TREATED AS DIVIDEND INCOME?

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Sometime ago, a relative of a Canadian taxpayer died in the US and she left her money in a charitable trust, with some of the income bequeathed to the Canadian taxpayer annually. The trust income is derived mostly from US dividends. With a series of proposed adjustments to her personal tax returns, the taxpayer asked the Canada Revenue agency (“CRA”) why this income could not be treated as dividend income….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Canadian and US Tax Treaty, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Interest, Investments, Tax Issues, Trusts, United States, US Taxes

UNCLE SAM’S REACH CONTINUES – THIS TIME POTENTIALLY TO YOUR ABILITY TO TRAVEL

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Like many countries rules for being a citizen, an individual is a US citizen either because they were born in the United States or because they have become a citizen through the process of naturalization. Either way, once a US citizen you are entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of being a US citizen. One of those privileges is the right to acquire a US passport. ….

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CAPITAL DIVIDENDS FROM A TRUST TO NON-RESIDENTS – TAX ISSUES

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Subject to the relevant sections of the Income Tax Act, a Canadian private corporation has a special corporate tax account known as a capital dividend account (“CDA”) which gives shareholders designated capital dividends, tax free. The CDA of a corporation may include the non-taxable portion of the company’s capital gains, proceeds of life insurance policies on death and capital dividends received from other companies. While a capital dividend is normally….

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