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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.

Estate Planning: Wills Variation – Is It Right to Change a Will?

You live your entire life working and accumulating wealth, and are able to do whatever you like with it during your lifetime – spend, invest it, grow it, preserve it or give it away.

FIRPTA and Capital Gains on the Sale of U.S. Real Estate

More and more Canadians are purchasing U.S. real estate for personal and/or rental use so this is a very important topic to understand before the purchase is made.

What is the Maximum Claim for the Disability Amount?

The maximum federal claim for 2014 is $7,766 per adult dependant.

Tax Expert Cheryl Norton Strategizes With the $800,000 Capital Gains Deduction at DAC

Cheryl Norton brings her expertise on tax-efficient business exits to the 2014 Distinguished Advisor Conference as part of Tax Planning for the BIG Exit: Thinking Big With the $800,000 Capital Gains Deduction.

Bull or No Bull: Can You Tell?

In Managing the Bull, sophisticated (and common sense) insider financial strategies and processes are made easy to understand in a compelling and fun approach.

Become More Astute In Payroll Compliance

Can you manage the entire payroll cycle? Can you increase the after-tax results for employees? Find out how with the newly updated Advanced Payroll course.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

Are your clients owed money by CRA? As of March 31, 2025, the CRA holds about 10.2 million uncashed cheques totalling $1.7 billion. In your view, why is this happening?

  • Yes
    18 votes
    66.67%
  • No
    9 votes
    33.33%