CRA’s Callback Service for Tax Pros Pilot
Are you a tax professional with years of experience? Have you ever felt frustrated after calling the CRA, having spent hours on hold, wasting your client’s or employer’s time, only to speak to CRA agents who aren’t qualified to answer your questions? The Auditor General of Canada was equally displeased in a scathing report last fall on wait times and accuracy levels at the CRA. Now a new CRA callback service may come to the rescue this tax season. Here is my experience with the pilot project so far:Evelyn Jacks: Retirees Need Help Understanding Public Pensions
People can retire at any age, but it is increasingly rare for people to simply go from earning income from employment or self-employment directly to withdrawing income from investments and other sources including pensions.
DAW: Still Time to Learn About Helping Retirees
There is still time to join us at the Retirement and Estate Planning Bootcamp in Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. Register online or call us at 1-866-953-4769 to register quickly and get all the details you need.
Defend Clients’ Retirement Savings Against Tax Erosion
Accurately prepare retirement plans that achieve the necessary results with the Advanced Tax-Efficient Retirement Income Planning course. This course marries tax and financial planning competencies and is the perfect complement to the Retirement and Estate Planning Bootcamp, September 17-22.
Four Provinces Sign On: Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System
The Finance Minister of Canada, Joe Oliver and the finance ministers of British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick have signed a Memorandum of Agreement on September 8 to jointly establish the terms and conditions of a Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System, and released draft provincial and federal legislation to harmonize current legislation.
Advisors and Succession: Where’s the Plan?
Many advisors have spent a good part of their lives building their business and have the bulk of their personal net worth tied up in it, making their practice their most valuable investment asset — the one they are counting on to help fund their lifestyle in retirement.
Fourth Quarter Prescribed Interest Rates Set
Although CRA will not make the official announcement until later this month, the prescribed annual interest rates for the fourth quarter will remain at the same rates as the prior three quarters.
