Pre-Budget Consultations Now Underway!

Pre-budget consultations are now underway for this fall’s Federal Budget and Canadians are invited to share their views with Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne through an online survey. Over the next several weeks, the Finance Minister and his team will meet with various stakeholder groups and review public submissions before finalizing the budget.

Surprise: there is nothing magical that happens when you enter retirement to suddenly make you immune to the trials and tribulations of everyday life. The sooner you acknowledge this, the closer you are to “Mastering Your Retirement.”

Death is one certainty in life that most of us prefer not to think about. But if you recognize that exploring your clients' tax strategies to avoid tax erosion at death will increase the legacy passed on to family and community, specialize in this hot topic by enroling in Final Returns on Death of a Taxpayer.

Find the luck of the Irish with our EverGreen St. Paddy's Day special! Buy a 3-month EverGreen Explanatory Notes subscription ($199) and receive a FREE 3-month Calculators subscription ($249 value!). The luck runs out March 17!

Join Knowledge Bureau, sponsor of Winn$tock 2014, in helping to raise $100,000 in support of The Movement Centre of Manitoba.

Knowledge Bureau’s February Poll asked tax practitioners whether CRA should implement the Registration of Tax Preparers Program (RTPP) to track and address recurring errors in professional tax preparation without setting minimum knowledge standards for both auditors and professionals. 

Last week, Statistics Canada released the results of the Survey of Financial Security – conducted between September and November 2012 – and the news is good: the 2012 median net worth among family units has increased 44.5 per cent since 2005 to $243,800, and almost 80 per cent from 1999 – just 13 years ago.