Ontario's probate tax, charged on the value of estate assets passing through probate.
In Islamic law
A cost of administration, and therefore payable from the estate before distribution — comparable in treatment to debts and funeral expenses.
In Canadian law
Nil on the first $50,000, then roughly $15 per $1,000 of value above that. Assets passing by designation or survivorship are outside the calculation, which is why probate planning often focuses on them.
We have not yet researched whether the four Sunni schools differ on this term, so we are not going to tell you either way. Where a specific case turns on it, ask a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
Canadian legal detail
Treadstone Law, an Ontario firm with a wills and estates practice, covers the Canadian side of this in more depth:
- What assets go through probate ontario
- What assets included in ontario probate estate value
- Estate administration tax value vs deemed disposition value ontario
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
Citations & sources
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- What assets go through probate ontario — Treadstone Law
- What assets included in ontario probate estate value — Treadstone Law
- Estate administration tax value vs deemed disposition value ontario — Treadstone Law
- Planning to reduce estate administration tax ontario strategies — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law