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How to avoid tax in the real estate transaction between family members?

The transfer of property between family members usually takes place in three ways: The above transfer of assets is usually for the following purposes : to avoid probate fee of inheritance if running a small business, in order to protect the assets from possible creditors in the future high income to low income family members, To achieve the purpose of Income split, let's talk about the tax issues involved in the transfer of these three types of assets. Some families transfer property to family members at nominal prices that are extremely low. However, if the property is not given as a gift, it is resold to a family member for less than the market value. This is stupid! Why is that? Because that would create a double tax! Let's take an example to make it easier to understand: an investment house bought for c $100,000 is now on the market for C $500,000.The father transferred the house to his adult son for $1.For father: is equivalent to selling at market price, Capital Gain=$500,000 -$100,000 =$400,000 according to the 50% tax proportion, 200,000 plus into the father's income tax; For the adult son: Cost=1 Canadian dollars, that is, the future sale of the house (such as the house rises to 1 million Canadian dollars to sell), because cost base is only 1 yuan, capital gain= 999,999 Canadian dollars according to the 50% tax proportion, 499,900 Canadian dollars income tax. Joint owner ship many families own assets jointly through joint accounts and most families buy property rights as a partnership. In this form, each spouse owns half of the house, and if one spouse dies, the other partner automatically owns the whole house. This avoids the process of distribution and payment of estate certification fees, and the capital gains originally generated are transferred tax-free under spousal transfer rules. But when the remaining spouse also dies, it will eventually trigger a tax liability.