Opportunity: Canadian Dollar Stabilizes, Somewhat
Things have started to turn around for the Canadian dollar in the second quarter of 2025. It hit a 22 year low in January of 2025. Investors and property owners, who have been swooning at the high burn rate in their travel plans and property maintenance abroad, may wish to consider recent more positive trends and consider some risk mitigation opportunities now that the dollar is stabilizing somewhat.Ancient Tax Law: Still Here, Often Forgotten
Are you taking your exemption on foreign currency exchange gains? Are you reporting them? It’s part of some “ancient tax law” still with us today. And some of those provisions are often forgotten. Here’s a few of them:
Fixing Interpretations: Donors and Tax Strategies
As a financial advisor, a common query you might encounter is how clients can improve their financial position through charitable donations, particularly from sources like RRSPs/RRIFs or investments. While there are tax-efficient strategies to encourage gifting from these sources, the suggestion that a donor can end up in a better financial position after making a gift is inherently flawed. Here’s why:
Federal & Provincial Budget Dates
The federal budget will be tabled on April 16 this year. As at the time of writing the following provinces had released or announced their provincial budget dates. Stay tuned to Knowledge Bureau Report for budget highlights and special reports on significant tax and economic news:
Quebec Provincial Budget: March 12, 2024
It’s important to keep up with breaking tax news and that includes provincial tax changes, to help clients make important lifecycle decisions like whether to start a job or business in another province. Here’s what’s new from the budget in Quebec, brought down March 12, 2024.
Critical Professional Tax Education Launching This Month!
Don’t miss this opportunity to save on critical professional tax education launching this month – pre-publication specials end March 15! Register now and start anytime in the next two months.
DMA ™ Program Orientation & Retirement Income Services Specialist Program Offer
Do you have the skills to provide the process and structure your clients will need to effectively plan for their retirement? Differentiate yourself, attract new clients and increase profits by providing a high value service as a trusted advisor to your clients as a DMA™- Retirement Income Services Specialist.Take ten minutes and check out the Introduction to the DMA™- Retirement Income Services Specialist Program Orientation. Your experience includes an Orientation video, free course and calculator trials, and a special program offer that ends on March 15! Check out the details here:
