Wills, Powers of Attorney & Estate Planning | E004

Today on the Wisdom of Wealth, we're going to talk about something that affects the lives of all Canadians; estate planning. Estate planning is just a technical term for what happens to your stuff when you die. Because it has to do with dying, many people avoid the subject as much as they possibly can because they don't want to think about it. In fact, surveys show that just about half of Canadians don't even have a will, and those who do, the majority haven't updated in the last 10 years. Let me urge you; if you are one of these people, please do something.

Wisdom of WealthJason PereiraMarch 4, 2020Estate Planning, Estate

The Deathbed TFSA: Death, Taxes - and Lost Optionality.

On death, a surviving spouse can transfer the assets within the deceased TFSA to their own TFSA without affecting their own room. However when the taxpayer dies, any unused room dies with them, and unlike an RRSP, an estate cannot contribute to a TFSA. The unused room is gone forever.

So where does that leave the surviving spouse? As of 2020, with a lost opportunity to shelter up to $69,500, even if the estate has sufficient assets to fund the account. Unless they move quickly before their spouse’s death by making a deathbed TFSA contribution.

WowMJason PereiraMarch 2, 2020TFSA, Estate

Willing Wisdom Index with Tom Deans (Founder) | E95

Summary:

In this 95th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host welcomes Thomas William Deans, founder of the Willing Wisdom Index and author of Every Family’s Business, about how his tool helps both clients and advisors improve outcomes.

Jason PereiraNovember 12, 2019Estate

Willful with Erin Bury (CEO) | E89

Summary:

In this 89th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Erin Bury, CEO of Willful. Willful allows people to create their personal wills, online for a fraction of the cost of working with an attorney. Erin and Jason discuss the need for a will and power of attorney documents, the psychological reasons behind the majority of people not having a will, and how Willful is working to make that easier for people to deal with.

Jason PereiraOctober 1, 2019Estate

Hull e-State Planner with Jordan Atin (Founder) | E87

Summary:

In this 87th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Jordan Atin, Founder of E-State Planner. E-State Planner is an online platform that allows for the collaboration and creation of estate plans and estate planning documents for advisors and lawyers. Jordan talks about the platform's AI-based guide for advisors and how this planning software allows the advisor to focus on advising and less on technicalities.

Jason PereiraSeptember 17, 2019Estate

Yourefolio with Scott Huff (CEO) | E61

Summary:

In this 61th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host conducts an interview with Scott Huff, the CEO of YourEfolio, an estate planning software platform to assist financial advisors facilitate the transfer of assets. Scott Huff shares his background in financial services and how it steered him in the direction of establishing YourEfolio, a company he has been active with now since March 2015.

Jason PereiraMarch 19, 2019Collaboration, Estate

Quick Estate with Melissa Best (CEO) | E42

During the 42nd episode of the Fintech Impact Podcast, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, welcomes Melissa Best, CEO and Founder of Quickestate. After 32 years as a money manager, Melissa leveraged her knowledge to create a tool to make estate settling easier for families. Quickestate is the company that resulted. It is a company that provides the software which allows for an easy estate settling process. The tool supports advisors in giving the best support to their clients and allows the information to be presented in an organized, actionable way. Melissa and Jason discuss the intricacies of settling an estate and how Quick Estate eases the settlement process.

Jason PereiraNovember 6, 2018Cloud, Estate