Podcast: Automatic Tax Filing - Will It Work?
Last week Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau tabled his annual report: In Pursuit of Better Service: Taxpayers Deserve More. once again, it was nothing short of scathing, as CRA received its highest number of complaints in the last three years. Calling our “completely nuts” Income Tax Act a potential barrier, he is nonetheless pushing for automatic tax filing as a potential solution. A new episode of Real Tax News with Evelyn Jacks & Friends available next week, will feature guest Gillian Petit, Ph.D. - author of a great report, Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do - which takes a deeper dive. Consider the following:Self-Employment: The New Retirement Trend?
Does anyone really need to retire anymore?
Manitoba Tables Deficit Budget
The 2015 Manitoba provincial budget was delivered on April 30, 2015.
Newfoundland Joins the “Tax the Rich” Movement
The 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial budget was presented on April 30, 2015.
Readiness Planning for Physician Assisted Suicide
Since the last time the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) visited the issue in Rodriguez (1993), doctor-assisted suicide has been legalized in eight other countries around the world.
Lucrative Tax Claims: Medical Travel and Home Modification Costs
Tax season is officially over for most individuals, and that signals the start of tax audit season.
New RRIF Planning Opportunities
The recent April 21 Federal Budget introduced relaxed rules for mandatory withdrawals from a RRIF, effective in the 2015 and subsequent tax years.
