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A thorough analysis of today’s financial news—delivered weekly to your inbox or via social media. As part of Knowledge Bureau’s interactive network, the Report covers current issues on the tax and financial services landscape and provides a wide range of professional benefits, including access to peer-to-peer blogs, opinion polls, online lessons, and vital industry information from Canada’s only multi-disciplinary financial educator.
July 2025 Poll
Do you believe Canada’s tax system based, on self-assessment, has suffered under recent changes at CRA and by Finance Canada? If so, what is the one wish you have for tax reform?
AUTHREP Changed July 15
Since July 15, the "Authorize a Representative" service in EFILE, accessed through tax software, will no longer be available. Tax professionals must now use the Represent a Client (RAC) portal to request online access to a client’s account.
Freedom Never? Generation X and Retirement
Those born in the years after the Second World War were given a generational name: the Baby Boomers. Now most are fully immersed into retirement, and their retirement readiness factors are playing out in inflationary times with significant market volatility. Subsequent generations have also been handed monikers, whether they asked for one or not: those born between 1965 and 1980 have been tabbed Generation X and for them, retirement planning is (or should be) in full focus. Here’s why: they are between their 40’s and 60’s and indications are many are ill prepared for retirement.
Do You Have a Good Pension Plan?
Do you have a great job? For many people, it’s not just about salary and workplace culture anymore. Increasingly, at a time of great volatility, a great job is one with a good employer-sponsored group health and an employer-sponsored retirement plan. If not, the criteria changes: are you making enough money to fund these plans on your own? Consider the following:
Tech & Tax: Career Opportunities Bright in Tax Preparation Industry
Tax complexity aside, there has rarely been a more promising career opportunity in the tax preparation industry than today, especially for younger people who are jazzed by the potential of AI and digital transactions with the tax department. Based on the latest Departmental Plan released by CRA on June 17, 2025, key initiatives include the prioritization of AI and a continued digital transformation. So if you love technology, chances are good that you might also love a career in taxation. Knowledge Bureau can help. Here’s what you need to know:
DAC Acuity 2025: Thought Leadership from a Tax Planning Powerhouse
We have an incredible opportunity planned for those of you who love tax, tax planning and the role of the tax and financial advisor in diversifying away upcoming tax erosion: a tax planning powerhouse featuring Canada’s most respected tax authorities, profiled here in alphabetical order with their topics to this year’s theme at the Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors (DAC): Happy Landings! Discover a New Era of Risk & Reward. Mark your calendar: November 23-26 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
