Paper presented at Tax Issues in Real Estate Transactions (Vancouver, BC)
Pacific Business and Law Institute Conference
This paper discusses how to best deal with a cabin as part of an estate plan and provides guidance to help owners avoid potential pitfalls and traps for the unwary. The paper examines the following questions.
- Who should own the family cabin?
- Can a cabin qualify for the principal residence exemption and, if it does, should it? In other words, is wise to claim the exemption for the family cabin instead of the family home?
- What tax issues arise when a cabin is held by a trust?
- What tax issues arise if the family starts to rent out the cabin?
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