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Fall Federal Budget: Will Spending Be Cut?

Canada has historically presented an annual budget since Confederation in 1867, even through periods like World Wars and the Great Depression, but we have recently experienced the longest period without a full federal budget in our history. By the time the next one is brought down, expected in October 2025, it will have been 18 months since the controversial April 2024 budget which introduced the doomed capital gains inclusion rate hikes. What can we expect?

Procrastinators with Proprietorships: Tax Filing Deadline Looms!

Boomers and Millennials beware:  if you are a new sole proprietor a tax deadline looms this week. 

Life Purpose

Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists generally.

Interest Rate Hike and Issue for Small Business

Debt is the number-one financial issue in Canada today, and things are about to get more urgent for mortgage holders and business owners who have significant debt. 

Make Hay While the Sun Shines! Time for Summer School

Time to sign up for summer school with an early registration incentive at Knowledge Bureau. 

People in the News

Dong Wook (Andrew) Choi, DFA-Tax Services Specialist and MFA-Business Services Specialist knows why improving your professional education is so important this summer: 

Taxes on Rich Can be Unfair for Everyone

In answer to the question posed in Knowledge Bureau’s May opinion poll, professional financial advisors from across Canada agreed by an overwhelming majority—78% to 22%—that top marginal tax rates close to, or over, 50% are not fair.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

On September 2, Finance Minister Champagne mandated CRA to implement a 100-day plan to “strengthen services, improve access, and reduce delays.” That’s by December 11, 2025. Do you believe this approach will help?

  • Yes
    4 votes
    23.53%
  • No
    13 votes
    76.47%