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. 

Jody Steinhauer brings her insight into the power of change to the 2014 Distinguished Advisor Conference as part of High Net Worth Client Spotlight: Giving Back Makes Good Business Sense.

In her book, Empower Your Presence, Catherine Bell illustrates how even the quality trait “shy” can magnify your presence positively.

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In the semi-annual Financial System Review (FSR), the Bank of Canada recently released an enhanced framework for gauging the risks to financial stability.

On June 12, 2014 CRA announced the prescribed interest rates for the 3rd quarter of 2014 (July to September) will remain unchanged from the 2nd quarter.