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This Week’s Edition of KBR:

This Month’s Poll

According to CRA, Canadians experience improved service delivery and responsiveness from the CRA this tax season. Do you agree?

Yes: 4 votes

5.71%

No: 66 votes

94.29%

Cast Your Vote

Summer School: Why Upskilling Now is So Important

Having trouble recruiting and retaining qualified tax specialists to help with your clients’ ever more complex financial affairs? Shifting your tax accounting practice to provide expert advisory services year round is key to required scalability as demand grows for in a rapidly changing environment in the tax and financial services. Some recent statistics prove the point:

2026 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors – Our Partners!

The Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors (DAC) takes place November 22-24 in beautiful Victoria, BC and now is the time to take advantage of our early bird deadline ending June 30.We are so pleased to welcome the thought leadership of so many outstanding education partners to the stage. These speakers are ready to wow the highly-engaged audience at the only multi-disciplinary conference for professionals in the tax, accounting and financial services. Why should you attend? Here are the agenda details and the big reveal of our wonderful speakers and partners:

Bill C-31: Royal Asset and New CRA Powers Could Come Soon

Changes are coming to the Income Tax Act and both you and your clients will all be affected with new tax risks including longer tax audits. Bill C-31, which passed second reading in the House of Commons on June 3 and is now at committee stage, contains elements of previous Federal Budgets that will expand the CRA’s compliance and enforcement powers. Here’s what you need to know and pass along to your clients:

Tax Implications of Alternative Investments

The days of portfolios made up solely of stocks and bonds are long gone. We are now in an era in which investors are looking for alternatives to traditional investments like mutual funds. The field of alternative investments is a broad one and it means keeping up to date on all of the tax implications for your clients who choose one or more of those investments. It’s one that will be discussed in more detail at the Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors (DAC) on November 22-24. Early registration with significant savings ends June 30. A new edition of the Real Tax News Podcast also covers the topic. Here’s a primer on what you’ll learn more about:

CRA Service Declines: Something Needs to be Done

In this month’s Knowledge Bureau Report poll we are asking you to weigh in with your experience in response to CRA’s May 6 News Release, in which it congratulated itself for “improved service” to taxpayer this tax season. Our readers are in almost complete disagreement so far. The comments below from Amanda Zais, DFA-Tax Services Specialist in Kelowna, B.C. are especially insightful from a busy “feet on the street” professional. Please be sure to give us your opinion before month’s end.

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Knowledge Bureau News Network

Financial Issues & Answers for Everyone

This Week’s Edition of KBR:

This Month’s Poll

According to CRA, Canadians experience improved service delivery and responsiveness from the CRA this tax season. Do you agree?

Summer School: Why Upskilling Now is So Important

2026 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors – Our Partners!

Bill C-31: Royal Asset and New CRA Powers Could Come Soon

Tax Implications of Alternative Investments

CRA Service Declines: Something Needs to be Done

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