QUESTION:
Is there a inheritance tax on Canadian estates. the estate has a family cabin on a lake it is worth 500,000.00. It is the parent permit home they collect a home owners grant on the property.
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Canada does not have an inheritance tax.
Canada DOES have a capital gains tax on any increase in the value of assets from the purchase cost to its deemed value on the date of death.
The exception is the Family home which can be a boat you live on with a piece of land for moorage, a trailer or mobile home on a lot, a cabin, a ski chalet or a house in the centre of town BUT only ONE of those. So, if mom or dad only has a cabin and lives in a rental property, the cabin can be the tax free residence. OR if you have a house in town but the waterfront cabin went up more in value, you can claim the cabin tax free and pay the capital gains tax on the house in town.
If the person had both and sold the house in town four or ten years ago and moved into the cabin, and they had claimed the house in town as their tax free residence in the past, they would owe capital gains tax on the cabin for the time period that they had claimed the house in town tax free.
You would use from T2091 to calcualte the taxable amount.
The following question speaks to it and gives links to the forms. Note that it suggests no gains in Manitoba. Not today, Sept 11, 2007. I just came back from a funeral in Portage la Prairie and everything in Manitoba seems to have doubled in the last few years.
My question is: Canadian-specific
QUESTION: We purchased beach front property in Manitoba, Canada 9 years ago. The cost was $18,000. We have received an offer to purchase the land for $500,000 U.S. We would like to know what kind of tax breaks we can use to not have to give half of it away to the Canadian government.
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david ingram replies:
QUESTION: We purchased beach front property in Manitoba, Canada 9 years ago. The cost was $18,000. We have received an offer to purchase the land for $500,000 U.S. We would like to know what kind of tax breaks we can use to not have to give half of it away to the Canadian government.
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david ingram replies:
The good news is that Canada only
taxes 50% of the profit at your marginal tax bracket. That means that the
most you will pay is about 25% of the profit. You should be feeling better
already.
I cannot tell if this property had a
home on it. If it did, the whole thing can be tax free because you can
designate either your house in town OR your recreational cabin as your tax free
prinicpal residence. This would be true if you only had a trailer on
it.
The downside is that you would have
to pay Capital gains tax on any increased value of your town home.
However, there is no possible way
that a Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Selkirk or Minnedosa house
went up at a comparable rate.
If you did build a house and the
value is on your principal residence, you would file form
T2091
The worksheet is
at:
But, if you just left this land vacant for the 9 years, it is taxable.
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This is not intended to be definitive but in
general I am quoting $800 to $2,800 for a dual country tax return.
$800 would be one T4 slip one W2 slip one or two
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