Podcast: Automatic Tax Filing - Will It Work?

Last week Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau  tabled his annual report:  In Pursuit of Better Service: Taxpayers Deserve More.  once again, it was nothing short of scathing, as CRA received its highest number of complaints in the last three years.  Calling our “completely nuts” Income Tax Act a potential barrier, he is nonetheless pushing for automatic tax filing as a potential solution.  A new episode of Real Tax News with Evelyn Jacks & Friends available next week, will feature guest Gillian Petit, Ph.D. - author of a great report, Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do - which takes a deeper dive.  Consider the following:

As students head back to school and snowbirds start preparing for travel, advise your clients on how their cross border actions will affect their tax situation. Try a free trial today and enrol by September 3 to save $200.

As we all know, “you can’t take it with you” so sooner or later, everyone has to transfer their assets to someone else.

­Changes to Personal Service Businesses were amongst those enacted in Bill C-48. They will be discussed in more detail in Knowledge Bureau’s November Corporate Tax & Year-End Planning Bootcamp. However, key changes are described below. 

Fall is a great time for year-end tax planning and this year, strategic philanthropy in the family has taken on new meaning in light of the new temporary First-Time Donor’s Super Credit for first time donors.

The current prescribed rate is likely to increase on October 1, 2013. This guest column, provided to you by Frostiak & Leslie Chartered Accountants, Inc., a member of the Tax Specialist Group (TSG), offers some tips on how to benefit from the prescribed rate before it changes.

Spending money can be hard work; after all, there are a lot of demands for it and its supply is usually short. Therefore, careful consumers have to manage risks to their disposable income and choose the absolute right supplier for their needs and wants.