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:Tuition Fee Payment Options
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June 25 Approaching – Get Up to Speed on Capital Gains Changes
June 25 is fast approaching, and advisors have an important role to play in ensuring that this trigger date for the higher inclusion rates will not unduly upset retirement and estate plans. How can you help clients? This article focuses on 5 things to focus on when planning with your clients, and you can take a deeper dive with the CE Savvy™ Summits Advanced Retirement & Estate Planning Course. Register with a special enrolment offer until June 30 (save $100).
Real Wealth Management™: A Collaborative Approach to Financial Peace of Mind
Check out the recording of the live Meeting of the Minds session featuring practicing members of the Society of Real Wealth Managers™ and learn more about how their collaborative family office approach helps clients make sound financial decisions. Our panel featured two team members from Fraser and Partners who shared how their focus on education and leveraging the multi-faceted skills of internal and external stakeholders adds value to the work they do with their clients. Learn more by registering now for the Meeting of the Minds and enrol in the Designation Program at a special tuition rate, only until June 30.
Tax Milestones: Prescribed Interest Rates Drop, Deadlines in June
Rounding out the tax filing season 2024, in which 29,894,168 tax returns have been filed up to May 27 (59% by EFILE), the average refund is $2,178 and the average balance due is $7,164. Compared to 2023, just over 400,000 taxpayers have yet to file. Good news for those who owe: the prescribed interest rates will fall for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2023. With the upcoming proprietorship filing deadline of June 17, and the capital gains inclusion rate changes on or after June 25, the clock is ticking on June’s numerous tax filing milestones. Here’s what to discuss:
July 15 - Deadline to File T2s to Receive Carbon Tax Rebate
Approximately 600,000 incorporated small to medium sized businesses with 499 or fewer employees will be receiving $2.5 billion in Carbon Tax Rebates for the years 2019 to 2024 soon, BUT they must have filed their 2023 T2 tax returns by July 15. There are other important criteria:
The Final Tax Act: Why 50% Avoid It and What to Do About It
Some things don’t change, despite the two certainties in life: death and taxes. What are they? The preparation of a will and estate planning. Half of Canadians surveyed five years ago still haven’t done it, according to the Angus Reid Institute, but now there is a compelling trigger to make it happen: the proposed June 25, 2024 increase to the capital gains inclusion rate. Here’s why:
