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    Canada Cross-Border Tax.

    Canada-side cross-border tax planning: residency cessation, deemed-disposition planning, FAPI, trust taxation, and the information-reporting regime.

    01

    Residency cessation analysis

    Determining the date residency ceases under the Income Tax Act and the relevant treaty tie-breaker rules.

    02

    Deemed-disposition planning

    Section 128.1 deemed dispositions on emigration, election to defer tax, and security posting strategy.

    03

    Pre-departure restructuring

    Asset realization, trust collapses, and entity reorganizations sequenced before departure to optimize the deemed-disposition base.

    04

    Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI)

    CFA determination, surplus account tracking, FAPI inclusion rules, and active-business exclusions for Canadian-resident shareholders.

    05

    International trust taxation

    Section 94 deemed residence, resident-contributor / resident-beneficiary rules, and distribution planning for non-resident trusts.

    06

    T1134, T1135, T1161 & T1243 reporting

    Information reporting for foreign affiliates, specified foreign property, and emigrating taxpayers.

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