Monthly Archives: September 2016

UPDATE: BC MSP Premium Changes Arriving in 2017

graphic of different kinds of families

With a bold headline, Strong economy pays dividends, the BC Provincial Government announced on September 15, 2016, that it would be scrapping the proposed 4% BC MSP premium rate increase that it had announced earlier this year. “B.C.’s strong economic growth and better-than-forecast revenues” are Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s reasons for the government’s decision […]

Funding Capital Gains Tax with Life Insurance?

Take advantage of current and favourable CRA rules to fund capital gains tax liabilities. It has been a long time since major changes were made to life insurance legislation in Canada that negatively impact your ability to fund capital gains tax. That’s all about to change with the introduction of new exempt test rules for life insurance […]