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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:

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Feds Sell Billions of First Ever 50 Year Bonds

When Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced on April 28 that the Government of Canada would issue $1.5 billion in first-of-a-kind 50-year bonds, maturing on December 1, 2064 with a yield of 2.96 per cent, he hoped for strong demand and the placement of at least $750 million.

Path to Bachelor’s Degree Required for Out-of-Country Tuition Tax Credits

The Tax Court of Canada (TCC) recently had to decide whether a taxpayer who attended a “university outside Canada” qualified to claim the tuition fee tax credit, under paragraph 118.5(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act (the Act).

Evelyn Jacks: Should Top Incomes Be Subject To Higher Taxes?

As provinces in Canada attempt to add surtaxes to top earners in Canada, the most recent being Ontario in its defeated May 1 budget, a debate on whether top incomes should be subject to more tax continues. 
 
 
 
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