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?

A recently released judgment from the Tax Court of Canada testifies to the importance of good record-keeping and exemplifies a clever method that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) invokes when investigating taxpayers who hide behind inadequate records.

If you turn 65 before July 1, 2013, can you still opt to delay receipt of Old-Age Security (OAS)?

Everyone in Canada qualifies for the Basic Personal Amount (BPA). 

This week: 10 neat things about artichokes

Congratulations to Kareen Rekowski, who was recognized by the Champlain Community Care Access Centre in November 2012.

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