New Tax Changes for Caregivers: Alberta Budget
Alberta Finance Minister Nater Horner delivered his second consecutive deficit budget on February 26. The deficit is large at $9.4 billion, which the government attributes largely to declining oil revenues. The document is called Fiscal Plan 2026-2029 meaning that this is a three-year fiscal pan, rather than the typical one-year projection.Do Your Clients Have Good Debt or Bad Debt?
Canadian household debt hit a record in the second quarter of this year, at $1.68 of debt for every dollar of income. As interest rates increase and debt levels soar, your clients run the risk of much greater uncertainty about their financial security.
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People in the News: Jan Sawchuk
Jan Sawchuk, of Peachland, B.C., on the Basic Bookkeeping for Small Businesses course
Experts Say Tax Changes Will Hit Business Owners Earning as Little as $50K
With the looming Oct. 2 deadline for commentary on proposed tax changes to private corporations, the business community is renewing its call for the federal government to scrap the proposals in favour of a comprehensive tax policy review.
Nearly Two-thirds of Canadians Use Tax-assisted Savings
More than 65 per cent of Canada’s 14 million households contributed to at least one registered savings account (RPP, RRSP or TFSA) in 2015, according to recently released Statistics Canada data from the 2016 Census.
Canadian Retirement Stats: Do Employed or Self-Employed Retire First?
Nearly four in 10 (38 per cent) Canadians age 55 or older — and 14 per cent of those 65 or older — participated in the labour force last year, the highest participation rates among older Canadians since the collection of comparable Statistics Canada data began in 1976. But who exactly are these stalwart workers, and at what age are they retiring?
