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?

Retirement planning is changing in Canada, but Canadian seniors are yet to catch up with them. 

Substantial tax reform has recently changed the rules for post-death planning for high net worth families.

People with presence seem to navigate a room with ease, stopping to talk with others for just the right amount of time before moving on. 

With the new Final Returns on Death of a Taxpayer course slated for an April 2015 release, Wayne Blackmere sent his comments regarding the course.

It’s going to be one of those tax years – lots of complicated tax changes plus lots of reasons for taxpayers to want their tax refunds early. 

There are many ways to compute a tax return mathematically correctly.