Q4 - Indexation of OAS and Prescribed Interest Rates

Two pieces of good news for the last quarter of 2026: seniors will get a small raise, but prescribed interest rates at CRA will stay steady for the last quarter of 2026. Here’s what you need to integrate into your year end planning activities.

A big high-five to all the outstanding Canadians who made us proud in Rio! Their Olympic renown can now take many of them on the journey from amateur to professional status.

A new tax form has been released this summer, giving clients the ability to authorize CRA to reach into their bank account to pay a balance due. The new Form T1-83 for tax year 2016 was released online in the heart of the summer, on July 22, 2016, and it became available for print on August 3.

SOCHI, Russia. “Canada captured a historic fourth Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey Thursday with a 3-2 overtime win over the United States in a thrilling championship final.”

Knowledge Bureau is proud to announce the continued support of Intuit at the Distinguished Advisor Workshops in 2016/2017.

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you." Maya Angelou

Hard to believe, but it’s back to school time and parents and students are already busy preparing for fall classes. Thank goodness there is tax relief for the expensive tuition fees and textbooks. But some of them will soon be lost, starting as soon as January 1, 2017. Are you up to speed on the changes?