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?Northwest Territories Territorial Budget
The Northwest Territories budget was delivered on February 6. The budget contained no income tax measures.
New Brunswick Provincial Budget
The New Brunswick provincial budget was delivered on February 4. The budget reduces the deficit but a balanced budget is not expected until 2017. The budget promised a 3% increase in social assistance rates beginning in April.
Other Provinces and Territories
Provincial and territorial budget dates have yet to announced for Ontario (expected the first week in May), Prince Edward Island (expected soon after the legislature opens in April), and Nunavut (expected late in May),
Provincial Taxation of Small Business Dividends in 2014
Because of the way that dividends are taxed, both at the federal level and the provincial level, the amount of tax payable on a given dividend depends of the taxpayer’s taxable income (as well as their province of residence).
Evelyn Jacks: Claiming Moving Expenses
It’s crunch time when it comes to tax filing. Most taxpayers will have received all their T slips – T4s, T3s, T5s, etc. and now it’s time to actually get it done.
Are We Richer Now Than We Were 30 Years Ago?
There has been a lot said and written about the state of the middle class, with some people claiming that we are worse off now than we were 30 years ago.
