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Brian is a machinist. For the past seven years, he’s worked for a company that offers a group benefits plan. Under that plan, the premiums for long-term disability coverage are entirely paid by the employees. Last year, an injury forced Brian to stop working for eight months. After a four-month waiting period, during which he collected Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, Brian received long-term disability (LTD) benefits from the group plan’s insurer. Brian is now preparing his income tax return and wonders about the tax implications of the different benefits he received while on disability. What statement accurately describes the tax treatment of Brian’s EI and LTD benefits?
Vladimir is a new insurance agent with Family-Assure Inc. He and his supervisor Petros are reviewing the information collected during Vladimir's first meeting with Vanessa, a restaurant owner looking to add to her existing disability insurance (DI) coverage. Petros notices an overlap among sources, although the existing coverage appears adequate. Petros reminds Vladimir to explain to Vanessa how she would be impacted if she were to claim disability benefits.
What should Vladimir tell Vanessa?
(Germaine, a shareholder-manager, already has a group RRSP for her employees. She now wants to establish a second group savings plan that allows employees to withdraw money at any time without additional taxes or penalties.
Which plan fits her needs?)