Working with your financial quarterback,
ensure that you've considered and, if appropriate, established the following: an
entity to hold initial sales proceeds, an vehicle to hold personal
real estate, an optimal
entity and tax structure to pay any domestic employees and family office staff, vendor arrangements to facilitate continued compensation and benefits for retained employees and domestic staff, and an
entity to hold any personal aircraft and autos.
I suspect that this year FINTRAC is going to focus more on reporting compliance by
real estate professionals and will also be directing its resources on
ensuring that all reporting
entities comply with counter terrorist financing obligations for the protection of all Canadians.
That's putting responsibility on financial institutions and others, including
real estate professionals, to
ensure they're not taking money from individuals or businesses on the federal government's list of restricted
entities.