Understanding Trust (and Bare Trustee) Reporting Changes
Introduction Is your name on legal title for any assets that you don’t have a beneficial interest in (i.e., a Bare Trust)? Perhaps your name is legally on your parents’ home, or maybe your child’s banking or investment accounts? If this is the case, you may have a new reporting obligation with the Canada Revenue […]
The New Rules for Trust Reporting: Four Unexpected Scenarios
New Enhanced Trust Reporting Rules The new enhanced trust reporting rules (“new trust rules”) may catch certain Canadian trusts or informal trust arrangements considered Bare Trusts, that previously did not have to file an annual Trust Income and Tax Information Return (“T3 Return”). The new trust rules will force the filing of annual T3 Returns […]