New: Personal Support Workers Tax Credit Coming Soon

Personal support workers will receive billions in increased wages from federal/provincial governments in B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories.  Those workers in other provinces will now get a raise too, but they will have to wait until filing their 2026 returns in the spring of 2027 to cash in, according to an October 27 pre-budget announcement.  Here are the details:

Canadians love tax refunds, but hate rounding up the paperwork to do the return. That’s where common tax filing errors really begin.

Be very careful about blanket advice.

The best kind of income is the tax free kind, and indeed, several sources exist. 

CRA form PD7A, Statement of Account for Current Source Deductions, along with the accompanying worksheet is the latest CRA form to move to the electronic age.

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Knowledge Bureau faculty members Pat Foran and Alan Rowell were recently in spotlight giving some timely tax season tips.