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In the fall of 2018, Niagara Falls left New York. The 1804 painting by Antoine Phillippe d’Orleans, Duc de Montpensier, departed its home at the New-York Historical Society in late September and traveled to France’s Palace of Versailles, where it was part of an exhibition about the July Monarchy, entitled Louis Philippe and Versailles. For a painting that’s...

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In December, the Carolina Parakeet will be the featured bird in New-York Historical’s Audubon’s Birds of America Focus Gallery. Below, curator Roberta J.M. Olson outlines the tragic story of the bird’s extinction, which became official almost 100 years ago.  In the early 19th century, artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) sounded the alarm about habitat loss...

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Researchers identify neuropeptides linked to aggression in Africanized honeybees

In confined spaces, water’s dielectric constant drops dramatically, according to new measurements

Researchers identify neuropeptides linked to aggression in Africanized honeybees

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye

The sensitive, tunable device is made of gold nanoparticles, a rubbery polymer, and a liquid dye

By popular demand, we are now offering an archived version of the webinar Death and Taxes - When Life's Two Certainties Collide that took place on October 28, 2014.

Many a joke has turned on the axiom about the certainty of death and taxes. However, when the first precipitates the second, the resulting complexities are anything but humorous. The planning opportunities and potential complications in planning for those who have a broad base of asset holdings often leave accountants feeling confused and frustrated. Fret no longer.  

In this insightful but concise two-hour archived webinar, Shaun Doody will provide a practical overview of the tax issues and considerations that can arise upon the death of a taxpayer. This includes an overview of the deeming rules invoked on death, the tax treatment of various assets, and some planning opportunities and strategies available to deal with these issues.

More specifically, topics covered will include: 

• Overview of taxation on death in Canada
• Income in year of death
• Deemed realization of income at death
• Deemed disposition of assets at death
• Tax treatment of jointly held assets
• Tax treatment of special assets
  • Principal residence
  • Small business corporations
  • Farming and fishing properties
  • Cottage and vacation properties
  • Partnership interests
  • Trust interests
  • Personal use property
• Charitable donations
• Special rules and elections
• Insurance 
  • Corporate owned policies
  • Valuation issues
  • Capital dividend account
• Foreign assets
• Post-mortem tax planning
  • Capital losses of the estate
  • Step up strategy
  • Pipeline strategy
• Taxation of estates
  • Testamentary trusts
  • Testamentary spousal trusts
  • 21-year rule
  • Distributions to non-residents
  • 2014 Budget changes to taxation of estates/testamentary trusts 
• Estate planning
  • Objectives
  • Estate freeze
  • Inter vivos trusts
  • Charitable donations
  • Spousal rollovers
  • Income splitting
• US tax issues

 This archived webinar includes:

• 30 days to review the webinar recording
• PDF version of the presentation slides

Our Speaker: 
Shaun Doody, Tax Lawyer, Fogler Rubinoff LLP

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Irrfan was hoping he would get a role as one of the kids in Salaam Bombay!, and when that didn't happen, heartbreak and tears followed.

Bollywood stars, clearly missing their summer holidays, have been posting throwback pix from vacations past.

'He was a very shy man of few words. Whenever we spoke about girls, he would run away.'

Time to look at intriguing flashback pix, posted by Bollywood folk.

Sayantani also expressed doubts over the safety of crew members once shoots resume.