In this episode host, Jason Pereira, talks with Justin Abrams who is a partner with Kraft Berger LLP. Justin is a tax expert, and he is here to talk about the implication of expatriates.
In this episode of Financial Planning for Canadian Business Owners, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, talks with Terry Richie, Partner and Vice President at Cardinal Point Wealth Management. Cardinal Point is a firm that specializes in dealing with U.S./Canadian cross-border issues. Terry Ritchie discusses tricks and traps that Canadian business owners are exposed to when they are also United States tax residents.
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In this episode of Financial Planning for Canadian Business Owners, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Trevor Parry, President of TRP Strategy Group and Tax and Estate Expert. Trevor Parry discusses the ins and outs of post-mortem planning to prepare for what happens to the investments in your holding company after you pass away.
Read MoreHow faith often trumps logic in dividend investing – and why it shouldn’t
One of the first theories university finance students learn is Modigliani-Miller irrelevance theory: the idea that a company’s dividend policy is largely irrelevant to investors because they can always generate cash flow from their shares by selling them.
In the real world, however, one of the first things you learn as a financial advisor is that despite this theory, investors love dividends. To be fair, the allure is easy to understand. I know I feel good when I get money handed to me with no effort on my part.
Does this mean that dividend irrelevance theory doesn’t hold up outside the ivory tower? Nope: Modigliani and Miller are right – and investors’ love of dividends is really just mental accounting at work.
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In this episode of Financial Planning for Canadian Business Owners, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Kim Moody, Director of Canadian Tax Advisory Services at Moodys Gartner Tax Law in the Calgary area. Kim Moody talks about the expertise that Moody Gartner offers, the general percentages of taxation that businesses face, the differences in paying dividends and salaries, the Kiddie Tax rule, and what to know before paying family members.
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