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Make the Most of Free Money

Money Talk

Life Insurance - This is money transferred to a beneficiary via a deceased person’s life insurance policy. Like inheritances, life insurance is generally not subject to income tax. Inheritances are not considered taxable income by the federal government but earnings on inherited assets (e.g.,

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Other real expenses that are excluded from the “basket of goods” [in Canada, at last] are real estate and life insurance. Think about communications, for example; with internet services and mobile data becoming essential utilities, it makes sense that they be included and their weight increased.