New: Personal Support Workers Tax Credit Coming Soon

Personal support workers will receive billions in increased wages from federal/provincial governments in B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories.  Those workers in other provinces will now get a raise too, but they will have to wait until filing their 2026 returns in the spring of 2027 to cash in, according to an October 27 pre-budget announcement.  Here are the details:

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Increases to tax bracket thresholds, amounts relating to non-refundable credits, and most other amounts will take effect on January 1, 2014 based on an indexation increase of 0.9%, CRA has announced.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently released an article titled “What You Should Know About Digital Currency”.

The income tax treaty that was first signed on November 11, 2012 between Hong Kong and Canada (the Treaty) was officially ratified and declared in force as of October 29, 2013.