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:In a Digital World, Average Tax Refunds on the Rise
The latest tax season filing statistics from CRA show that tax refunds have risen even higher now that more Canadians have filed. Out of the 27.1 million filed, 15,345, 235 refunds were issued, averaging $1,994. That’s a lot of taxpayer money being held onto by the CRA, and an important opportunity for tax professionals to focus on tax-efficiency to reduce these withholdings now! Further, only 7% of returns are now being filed on paper. Here are more interesting tax facts:
Save Receipts Now: New Mobility Tax Credit
The 2022 Federal Budget announced that, beginning in 2022, eligible workers will be able to deduct up to $4,000 per year for eligible expenses. This provision is part of the April 7, 2022 Federal Budget Bill C-19, tabled on April 28. Are you speaking to your clients about saving their receipts now? Here are details you need to share:
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Did You Miss the CE Summits? Access the Education Students are Raving About!
Did you miss the May 18 Virtual CE Summit? You can still sign up for the Advanced Retirement & Estate Planning Update Course and access the live speaker recordings from the event plus save $200 until May 31. Plus, don’t miss our next CE Summits this fall. Get the best pricing of the year: tuition pricing as low as $295 per event when you enrol to attend 4 events! Get low rates on Team Member enrollments too!
Year-End Tax Planning…In June
Inflation, interest rates and bankruptcies are all going up. Wealth taxes on the horizon, are too. Savvy tax and financial advisors will want to understand these trends and be sure to discuss them now with their most financially vulnerable clients, and that includes high net worth clients. It’s one of the most important insights attendees at this week’s Advanced Retirement and Estate Planning course learned at the CE Summits. We share some of those insights with you now.
