Seniors Targeted? The Tax Audits Begin
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) routinely reviews or audits tax filings, including personal, trust, corporate, and HST returns. The most common types of reviews that focus on personal tax returns include, but are not limited to, Pre-Assessment Reviews, Processing Reviews, and the Matching Program. This year there is a new focus: the Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit introduced to help families better care for their elders. But claiming it, like other tax benefits, comes with a tax snare. Read on to learn more.RRSP Funds Payable to a Named Beneficiary Not Part of the Estate in Saskatchewan
A recent decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench held that RRSP funds payable to a named beneficiary do not form part of the testator’s (deceased will maker’s) estate.
Evelyn Jacks: Average Refund Up to $1655
The interest-free loans Canadians give to their governments keeps rising – it’s up from $1646 in the 2012 tax filing year to $1655 in 2013 – that’s $138 a month that could be going into TFSAs or RRSPs instead.
Estate Planning: Testamentary Capacity
In order to make a valid will in any province in Canada, the testator (or will maker) must have a sound dispositive mind or testamentary capacity.
Case Study: Planning the Sales of Home and Cottage
Is the gain tax exempt? Solve this case study: Phil and Sylvia have owned their home in the city for 20 years and their cottage at the lake for 10 years in that 20-year period...
School Planning: Tuition, Education, Textbook Amounts
The start of the school year is only a short month away, and now is a great time to think about the tax benefits of post-secondary studies in order to be organized come year-end.
Economist Michael Gregory Discusses Global Wealth at DAC
Michael Gregory brings his expertise in global economics to the 2014 Distinguished Advisor Conference in his session Sweet Spots in Global Wealth: The New Normal is a New Hybrid.
