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Changes to Paper Filing Disempowering

Last tax season, only 7% of all Canadian tax filers filed on paper. The CRA is pushing for zero. It continues to steer the holdouts to digitized filing by adding lots of obstacles. Most recently, it is removing almost all the schedules from the tax return package it mails. This seems unfair to people who paper file because they can’t afford a computer and internet, distrust the security of online filing and those who are neither tax or computer literate. Here’s what they are up against:

Tax Efficiency Strategy: Earn More Tax Exempt Income

There are many sources of tax exempt income of which most people are unaware. Here's the tax secret...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Top Advisors to Discuss Future of Financial Services

Winnipeg, MB.  Under the theme, Back to the Future, delegates at the DAC (Distinguished Advisor Conference), will explore opportunities to build on past successes and experiences in a changing environment for both tax and financial advisors.

DAC 2013: Dan Kelly – Behavioural Finance: CRA and the Independent Business Community

About a quarter of a million business owners, or a fifth of businesses with employees, are now aged 55 and over and succession planning is big for them and for the economy. So is tax. How deep is government in the pocket of business? 

Get In Shape with Tax Bootcamps and Self-Study Courses

Register by June 30 for early bird "Summer School" prices.

GRADUATES: Make the Time Value of Money Work for You, Not Against You

Change your life by adopting just One Financial Habit…but what does that entail? Read The One Financial Habit that Could Change Your Life and find out! Buy 3, Get 1 Free.

Take Use of Trusts in Tax and Estate Planning for Summer School

Planning with trusts is becoming more and more common and if you can’t answer questions and explain the concept, your clients will find someone who can. Learn the pros and cons of all possible solutions for wealth and succession planning and earn a long-term and potentially intergenerational connection to your client and their family.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

It costs a lot more to go to work these days. Should the Canada Employment Credit of $1501 for 2026 be raised higher to account for this?

  • Yes
    58 votes
    86.57%
  • No
    9 votes
    13.43%