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Immediate Expensing Rules: Good Tax Policy?

Over the course of the last two federal budgets (April 16, 2024 and November 4, 2025), the rules for claiming Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) have been uncertain. The proposal to extend immediate expensing rules for certain acquired assets were paused for over a year and then re-introduced in a series of four complex measures which together with new rules for Scientific Research and Experimental Development have become known as the “Productivity Super-Deduction”.  A backdrop appears below. The key question: will this complexity be effective as an economic stimulator?   

When Should Young People Learn Financial Literacy?

An interview with Evelyn Jacks, President, Knowledge Bureau, by Robert Martellacci, M.A. EdTech, President & Publisher, Mindshare Learning

Tax Audit Alert: Failure to Report Income Expensive

A business owner in Prince George, BC, Kewal Singh Raju (Raju), and his business, Raju Homes Ltd., plead guilty and were sentenced with hefty fines and jail time for income tax evasion. Raju was fined $113,164 and handed an 18 month Conditional Sentence Order. Raju Homes Ltd. was fined $74,366. The fines represent 75 percent of the taxes evaded.

Featured Faculty: Pat Foran

We are pleased to have Pat Foran, host CTV's Consumer Alert and author of The Smart, Savvy Young Consumer, as part of the Knowledge Bureau team. Learn more about Pat and read an excerpt from the Canadian bestseller The Smart, Savvy Young Consumer.

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Featured Event: Distinguished Advisor Conference

Help us celebrate 10 years of cutting edge professional development and seize the opportunity: be there to think strategically with top advisors at the DAC in beautiful Ojai, California, November 10-13, 2013.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

Do you agree with the government’s plan to introduce the new Canada Groceries Essentials Benefit (CGEB)?

  • Yes
    35 votes
    30.97%
  • No
    78 votes
    69.03%