This Month’s Poll
Should the Old Age Security clawback start at a lower net income than the current $93,454?Post-Secondary Education Offers a Brighter Future for Young Adults
Sadly, the gap between the least and most educated in our society is growing. In 2016 young males without a high school diploma had an employment rate of 67 percent compared with 89 percent for a university-educated man; the employment rate for women with less than a high school diploma was 41 percent versus 84 percent for those with a university degree.
Avoiding the Tax Consequences of Transferring Assets to Children
The transfer of assets to family members is an important part of retirement and post-retirement planning, as the tax consequences can be enormous. This is especially true now for average families as well as high-net-worth clients, because all final tax returns will carry with them the requirement to report any deemed disposition of a common family asset: the principal residence.
CRA Targets Business PayPal Accounts
Do you or your clients use PayPal for business transactions? Did you report them on your tax return? If not, you’ll want to correct those errors or omissions quickly under the Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP), because you are in the sights of the CRA. A federal court ordered PayPal to disclose information about all business account holders who received or sent a payment between January 1, 2014, and November 10, 2017.
