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The Curious Tax Case of Marlene Enns – The Curious Tax Case of Marlene Enns – or How a widow is a spouse: CRA**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #3 – Feb. 28, 2025 RRSP & TAXE$$$$ØØØØ OPENING In general terms, this case is about responsibility for the debt of a third party. More precisely, this is where a man died leaving unpaid taxes. And Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) went […]

CANADA/QUEBEC IMBROGLIO: Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Increase **

January 31, 2025 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Family Business, Small Business Law - No responses

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #1 – January 31, 2025 ↑↓↑↓↑↓↑??↑↓↑↓↑↓↑??↑↓↑↓↑↓↑?? BREAKING NEWS OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 30 (CBC ) – “The federal government confirmed on Friday that it’s reversing course on increases to the capital gains tax first announced in the last federal budget. The government […]

SENIOR CANADIANS/QUEBECERS – NEW YEAR’S LEGAL ALERT: 2024 ADVANCE$ √, 2025 TAXE$, PENS↑ON$, +RULES √**

December 31, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Family Business, Small Business Law - No responses

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #6 –December 31, 2024 OPENING The digit “5” has been placed atop One Times Square. You know what that means – New Year’s is fast approaching. I’m looking back at 2024. In Canada, there have been changes and additions to laws […]

By passing bill legalizing assisted dying, UK Parliament is throwing baby out with bathwater **

November 30, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Health - No responses

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #5 –November 30, 2024 OPENING Dateline London Nov. 29, 2024: In a piece titled, “MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying,” Becky Morton wrote: “In the first Commons vote on the issue in nearly a decade, MPs supported a bill which […]

What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony **

September 30, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law - No responses

▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ Charged with Elder Abuse! an eye-opening case ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐1 What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony ** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #4 –Sept. 30, 2024 Opening A woman has been indicted in the US for exploiting an […]

Regardless of Parental Concerns, Twenty-something Can Receive Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)! – So Said Court**

March 31, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Health - No responses

1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #3 –March 31, 2024 Opening With Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), our past mistake has come back to haunt us. Going down this road, we’ve committed a social blunder. We’ve slid down the slippery slope. A case in point is […]

ALERT: Retired Or Retiring Soon? Don’t Make These Errors!!!**

March 1, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Family Business, Health, Retirement - No responses

1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #2 –February 29, 2024 OPENING Retired or Retiring Soon? I’m a lawyer Montreal, elder law attorney, passionate about the well-being of seniors. If a business owner or an executive, I’m speaking to you. If a working man or woman, I’m […]

Medical Assistance in Dying (MaiD): Call a doctor – Ottawa has a bad case of Indecisiveness! (a reaction to the Jan. 30, 2024 decision by Health Minister)**

January 31, 2024 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Health - No responses

1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* – Bulletin By Allan Gold lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #1 – January 31, 2024 Medical Assistance in Dying (MaiD): Call a doctor – Ottawa has a bad case of Indecisiveness! (a reaction to the Jan. 30, 2024 decision by Health Minister)** Dateline Ottawa, Jan. 30, 2024: […]

Canadian Senior Sun & Surf Headaches: US Condo Ownership & Other Snowbird Minefields**

December 31, 2023 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Health, Retirement - No responses

1 Canadian Senior Sun & Surf Headaches: US Condo Ownership & Other Snowbird Minefields** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #11 – December 31, 2023 OPENING In Canada and northern US, lower temperatures are common wintertime. Specifically, they dip to their annual minimums in December, January […]

There’s Another Kind of Elder Financial Abuse – It’s Ten-abuse! (“Loc-abus!”) That’s a Landlord 65+ Suffering From Fraudulent Renter or ‘Professional Tenant’ Not Paying Rent **

November 30, 2023 - Posted by: Allan Gold - In category: Elder Law, Retirement, Small Business Law - No responses

1,2 There’s Another Kind of Elder Financial Abuse – It’s Ten-abuse! (“Loc-abus”) That’s a Landlord 65+ Suffering From Fraudulent Renter or ‘Professional Tenant’ Not Paying Rent** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #10 – November 30, 2023 OPENING Elder financial abuse happens. Using force or threats is […]

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