Red Ink on the Prairies
A day after Quebec’s Finance Minister Eric Girard brought down a Budget featuring a $6.3 Billion deficit, Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled his government’s budget on March 19. Next up was Finance Minister Adrian Salas, who tabled the Manitoba Budget on March 24. The common thread: there’s lots of red ink on the Prairies. But that’s where the budget documents differ between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here’s the latest tax news and why it matters to the advice you give your clients.Momentum is Coming. . .But Not ‘Til Next Year
Tiff Macklem, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, told the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto last week that the Canadian economy needs annual growth of at least 2.5% to put a meaningful dent in the remaining slack in the Canadian economy.
RDSP Planning for the Disabled Smart Year End Move
Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSPs) have been around since 2008 and they remain a lucrative savings plan for the disabled.
Evelyn Jacks: Year End Planning – Plan to Give to Charity
Winston Churchill once said: we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. It does feel good to do good. . .and doing good often attracts rewards as well.
Charitable Donations – No Receipts, No Credit Claims
In a recent appeal to the Tax Court of Canada (TCC), Emily Sowah argued that the Minister of National Revenue (the Minister) was incorrect in disallowing her charitable tax credit for purported cumulative gifts of $10,252 in the 2006 taxation year.
What is the consequence of debt forgiveness?
If you have a commercial debt obligation—a debt on which interest would have been deductible in computing income from a business or property—and that loan is forgiven, you’ll have a tax consequence.
Clarifying Rules on Qualifying Amalgamations
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently released its decision in Envision Credit Union v. Canada, a case concerning an amalgamation of two credit unions in British Columbia.
