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Melissa Shin

Melissa Shin is Editorial Director of Advisor’s Edge. Read her biography here and email her at mshin@newcom.ca.

There’s a corresponding change to the Dividend Tax Credit and gross-up factor, but clients still stand to have an extra $10,000 in tax-advantaged investment capital if they plan properly.

  • April 22, 2015 December 5, 2022
  • 14:55

Small businesses should cheer the 2015 Budget.

  • April 22, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 11:01

Small businesses should cheer the 2015 Budget.

  • April 22, 2015 August 1, 2018
  • 00:00

Budget 2015 delivered lower tax rates for business owners, but it leaves a troubling issue unresolved.

  • April 21, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 19:32

Here are a few choice items from the 2015 budget you may want to keep up your sleeve for planning conversations with key clients: The 15% flow-through share credit has been extended for an additional year. (Read: Charitable giving, flow-through shares strategies) For RDSP holders, a qualifying family member (i.e., a beneficiary’s parent, spouse or […]

  • April 21, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 19:09

Clients, especially those with high incomes, will benefit from the TFSA contribution limit rising to $10,000, announced in the federal budget.

  • April 21, 2015 December 5, 2022
  • 16:53

As you race toward the March 2nd RRSP deadline, your clients may tell you they prefer any extra cash go toward their mortgages.

  • February 19, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 04:59

State your views on physician-assisted suicide in your estate planning documents.

  • February 19, 2015 December 5, 2022
  • 00:00

One expert says the long-term outlook is rosy.

  • February 19, 2015 September 6, 2018
  • 00:00

Clients should state their views on physician-assisted suicide in their estate planning documents.

  • February 18, 2015 December 5, 2022
  • 15:44