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Time’s Up: CRA’s 100 Day Mandate for Improvement

After years of frustration on the part of tax professionals and taxpayers alike, the Finance Minister ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to clean up its act in 100 days. Specifically, the improvement plan was to run from September 2 through December 11. Finance Minister and Minister of National Revenue, Francoise-Phillippe Champagne instructed CRA to fix “unacceptable wait times and service delays.” Time’s up this week and CRA has released an update on progress. What gets measured, gets done. Let’s see what CRA’s metrics show. 

Master Your Retirement: Fulfill Your Dreams With Peace of Mind

There are new options for building your retirement nest egg into a steady income stream to support your lifestyle. Master Your Retirement will guide you in achieving real results.

Planning Required as Taxes Go Up In Ontario

True to their word, on July 14, 2014 the Ontario Government introduced the exact same budget it did 74 days ago – a budget that forced the government to the polls.

Transitioning Retirees Going Back to Work

According to a study published by Statistics Canada this year[i], approximately two-thirds of employed Canadians entered their fifties in long-term jobs.

CIBC Class Action

A class action has been granted in British Columbia against CIBC Mortgage Inc. and their penalty clause provisions of their residential mortgages.

Evelyn Jacks: Ontario Budget: Tax Planning is Critical for High Earners

Retroactive tax hikes hurt family financial plans and make it difficult for them to responsibly plan for their financial futures.

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.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

It costs a lot more to go to work these days. Should the Canada Employment Credit of $1501 for 2026 be raised higher to account for this?

  • Yes
    35 votes
    87.5%
  • No
    5 votes
    12.5%