Fall Federal Budget: Will Spending Be Cut?

Canada has historically presented an annual budget since Confederation in 1867, even through periods like World Wars and the Great Depression, but we have recently experienced the longest period without a full federal budget in our history. By the time the next one is brought down, expected in October 2025, it will have been 18 months since the controversial April 2024 budget which introduced the doomed capital gains inclusion rate hikes. What can we expect?

Evelyn Jacks will kick off the Distinguished Advisor Workshops next week by helping tax and wealth advisors prepare their clients for recent budget changes and global wealth management trends that will affect planning in 2014-2015. 

John Poyser will challenge professional advisors to open their dissenting issues – with CRA, within family wealth discussions, and when preparing the transition of cottage and business assets to the next generation in a compelling program of tips and traps all tax and wealth advisors need to be aware of.

Tax audit season has begun and you need to be prepared to represent your clients with competence, confidence and a winning attitude by knowing what will be audited, what can be defended, and how to astutely position your advocacy for your client’s best after-tax position.

The Age Amount is a non-refundable tax credit found on Line 301 of Schedule 1 of the federal tax return (provincial amounts may vary).

Doug Nelson, author of Master Your Retirement, looks deeper into the questions you should ask yourself when considering each of the seven retirement plan components.

If you plan to attend school or work temporarily in the U.S., you may technically be deemed a U.S. resident for tax purposes.