124. USA Citizens In Canada Life Insurance Landmines

Wealth Without Bay Street EPISODE 124: Featured on today’s episode is Henry Wong, a professional CPA who also trains other CPA’s across Canada specializing in taxation and passing through the nationals exams. Today Henry uses the opportunity to help explain Canadian life insurance landmines that U.S. citizens can avoid.

Henry chanced upon the book “Becoming Your Own Banker” and began to piece together all his knowledge of life insurance and financial accounting and soon began to pursue the journey of becoming his own banker. He now trains others as an accountant in how to build their own personal capital pool and manage their taxation through IBC.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

0:00 Introduction

3:47 Insurance is Tied to Your Citizenship and Residency

8:05 Canada vs. U.S. Exempt Rules

10:18 Getting Canadian Insurance as a U.S. Citizen

12:29 Estate Tax

17:05 American vs. Canadian Tax System

21:08 U.S. Exempt Test

28:51 Identifying the Problem and Finding the Solution

30:14 Having a Canadian Citizen Beneficiary

31:16 Imposing Excise Tax

34:42 Tips For U.S. Citizens

40:10 Irrevocable Beneficiary

46:09 Cutting Ties With Canada