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:How Much Can Be Claimed as a Charitable Donation?
The allowable claim for the regular donation credit is calculated as follows, based on your qualified gifts which can include cash, publicly traded securities and mutual funds, life insurance policies, personal use property, capital property, depreciable assets, cultural and ecological gifts.
Need Last Minute CE Credits? Knowledge Bureau Offers 8 Ways to Get Them
Knowledge Bureau now features 8 free trials for its online certificate course line-up, allowing professional advisors the opportunity to earn 2 CE/CPD credits per course trial. The free trials are a great way to preview course selections for you and your team.
Overtime Meals and Allowances Tax-Free Benefit
If an employer provides overtime meals or an allowance as an employment perk, there are three conditions that must all be met to in order to ensure that benefit is not taxable.
Designate Spotlight – Kareen Rekowski, MFA
Knowledge Bureau is pleased to spotlight Kareen Rekowski, a recent MFA designate graduate with honours achievement. Hear her story...
Well-Rounded Learning for Best Tax Season Preparation
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Get the Facts with Jacks on Tax
Are the “do-it-yourselfers” in your circle leaving money on the table because they don’t know their tax filing rights? This easy-to-read guide will give them the details behind the lines as they electronically prepare and file their individual or family 2013 tax returns. Available December 15, the best-selling Jacks on Tax: 2014 Edition will make a great gift!
