Note that only a spouse can
be your successor holder: if you want a child or other heir to receive your assets, they must be named as the beneficiary.
«For example, it is superior to
be a successor holder for TFSA for a spouse, and our best advice is that a spouse be named a successor holder rather than a beneficiary of the TFSA,» says Caskey.
Not exact matches
upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the payout of a Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Performance Share, for each Share subject to such Award, to
be solely common stock of the
successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by
holders of Common Stock in the Change in Control.
The stolen base
was transported by County Stadium functionaries to Brock, the dethroned record
holder, who waited at home plate for his
successor.
More recently, the U.S. attorney
was floated as a potential
successor to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara deflected questions Tuesday about whether he wanted to
be the next U.S. attorney general — then ticked off several types of crimes his office has successfully prosecuted and said Eric
Holder's
successor should make them priorities.
Still, sources said, his name has
been floated as a potential
successor to his boss, U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder, a position that some close to him said he would relish.
The main thing
is to ensure you and your partner do the paperwork and name each other a
Successor Holder for your respective TFSAs.
If you want your spouse or common - law partner to have access to your account after your death, he or she should
be designated as the «
successor holder.»
That
's because after the accountholder dies, ownership can pass to the
successor and the TFSA can continue sheltering income without eating up the
successor holder's contribution room.
A
successor, who can only
be a spouse or common - law partner, becomes the new account
holder and acquires all rights that the original account
holder had.
David T. asks: What
are the differences between the «
successor holder» and «beneficiary» designations and which
is the best way to proceed in regards to my spouse?
Note that only a spouse or common law partner qualifies as a
successor holder — anyone else must
be listed as a designated beneficiary.
Only spouses or Common Law partners can
be named a
successor holder.
When you open a Tax - Free Savings Account (TFSA), you'll likely
be asked whether you wish to specify something called a «
successor holder» or whether you want to designate a beneficiary.
A
successor holder must
be your spouse or common - law partner, as defined by the Income Tax Act.
@Juan — The difference
is that the
successor holder can take over the account automatically as of the date of death and the money remains tax - sheltered in the TFSA.
how does it work if the
successor holder / beneficiary
is a minor upon my death?
Caroline — The
successor holder has to
be a spouse.
Jessie dies with a $ 60,000 TFSA and his wife Jenny
was not a
Successor Holder, but
was beneficiary of the estate, so inherited the TFSA via Jessie's will.
As noted earlier, the optimum thing if you
are a spouse or Common - law partner (CLP)
is to name each other as
Successor Holders to the partner's TFSA, while both
are still alive.
But what of the trickier situation when death occurs without a
Successor Holder having
been designated?
Note that only spouses or Common - law partners can
be named
Successor Holders.
By law, only your current spouse or common - law partner, as recognized by the Income Tax Act (Canada), can
be a valid
successor holder.
If you have designated both a
successor holder, and a beneficiary, at your death, the person designated as your
successor holder will become the
holder of your TFSA except if that person has either a) died before you; or b)
is no longer your current spouse or common - law partner at the time of your death.
A
successor holder is someone who takes over your TFSA when you die.
If you want your TFSA to go to your spouse and you live in a province that allows
successor holders, Edmund, it
's important to name your spouse as the
successor holder, not just the beneficiary.
Appointing a
successor holder or a beneficiary may save probate, but it may not result in your estate wishes
being carried out in the way you wish.
If your TFSA
was established in 2009 when the account
was first introduced, you likely didn't appoint a
successor holder at that time as the concept did not initially exist.
If your sister - in - law
was the TFSA beneficiary or
successor holder, you may
be able to transfer the TFSA investments «in kind» or as
is from one TFSA to another, Rosemary, but that will
be up to the transferring and receiving financial institutions.
Your brother may have appointed your sister - in - law as the «
successor holder» for his TFSA, which
is slightly different from appointing her as the «beneficiary.»
If your brother did not name her as the beneficiary or
successor holder for his TFSA, the account would
be payable to his estate.
Platform
holder confirms that next Legend of Zelda title has
been in development for Wii U and console
successor simultaneously, and will also launch next year
I still remember when the
successor to the PSP
was unveiled at a press event as the NGP, which stood for the generic place -
holder moniker, Next - Generation Portable.
The preview of Android
M,
successor to Android 5.0 Lollipop,
is available now to developers and
holders of Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Players.