CPA Indexation for 2026 Personal Amounts
The Consumer Price Index numbers for September have been released and that number is used to calculate the indexation rate for personal amounts and tax brackets. Although the federal government has yet to announce the new tax figures, we’ve done the math to estimate the numbers. It’s important information for year end tax planning purposes, a subject we will also cover in depth on November 5 at the live virtual CE Summit. Read on to learn more.Shopping Spoiler Alert: Canadians Aren’t Saving Enough
In the holiday spirit yet? This news might dampen it: on Friday November 30, Statistics Canada released a report on GDP, income and expenditure for the third quarter of 2018. The big news? In 2018, Canadians have had the worst household savings rate on an annual basis since 2005, averaging only 1.4% over the past year. For the third quarter of this year, the household savings rate was a mere 0.8%; the lowest quarterly level since early in 2017.
How to Improve Service Levels: Tax Pros Give Advice to CRA
On the heels of recent criticisms by the Auditor General, Knowledge Bureau Report readers weighed in on CRA service levels and they were conclusive: 87% of last month’s poll respondents say that the CRA needs to work harder. They cited a myriad of issues from 32-week wait times for a T1 Adjustment to the need to correct CRA’s errors, some of them big.
Boomers at Risk: Nudging Young Generations Towards Financial Independence
One-third of parents of millennials say that their children are a financial strain that could ultimately take a toll on their own retirement. That’s the ongoing challenge that the boomers face. When it comes to managing their money, this generation needs to nudge their millennials towards financial independence or place their own retirement plans at risk.
