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Podcast: Automatic Tax Filing - Will It Work?

Last week Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau  tabled his annual report:  In Pursuit of Better Service: Taxpayers Deserve More.  once again, it was nothing short of scathing, as CRA received its highest number of complaints in the last three years.  Calling our “completely nuts” Income Tax Act a potential barrier, he is nonetheless pushing for automatic tax filing as a potential solution.  A new episode of Real Tax News with Evelyn Jacks & Friends available this Friday, featuring guest Gillian Petit, Ph.D., author of a great report, Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do, takes a deeper dive.  Consider the following:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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: 

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