The 2025 tax filing year is shaping up to be one of the most challenging in recent memory, with penalties and interest costs on the rise and the CRA facing significant hurdles in managing information during peak filing season. Against this backdrop, the CE Savvy Summit on September 17, 2025 will host a critical session: New Trends in Tax Audit Defence and Appeals, led by Kim G.C. Moody, an experienced tax expert, who will unpack the implications of CRA’s expanding audit powers.
As DAC 2016 wraps up in beautiful San Diego, CA, we are excited to announce the site of the 2017 DAC: beautiful Kelowna, BC, where we will celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday November 5-8. Reserve now at special pre-conference early bird rates.
Largely due to advances in preventing heart disease and with Baby Boomers leading healthier lifestyles, Canadians who reach age 65 are more likely than ever to live into their 90's. This takes retirement income planning into a much longer period, in which a focus on continued accumulation and investing is as important as tax-efficient withdrawal of funds. Capital must be preserved at the same time.
As boomers start inching towards retirement, the conversation about business succession planning needs to be accelerated. It’s a great opportunity to become your client’s most valuable source of thought leadership and information by helping your clients to understand how much their business is really worth.
We look forward to welcoming close to 200 delegates at the DAC 2016 Opening Reception in less than one week and announcing our secret 2017 location on Sunday! The topic of discussion at this incredible three-day think tank will be SOAR HIGHER: Plan for Your Greater Potential.
The Distinguished Advisor Workshops, fall edition, begin Thursday in Vancouver—a great way to earn 10 CE credits and officially start adding value to your client relationships with sound year-end tax planning opportunities. This is your chance to listen to top industry experts, learn from peer-to-peer interactions, and ask your most burning questions.
Are you being proactive in giving advice to your business-owner clients? Or is your work simply reactive to the transactions you are recording? Knowledge Bureau’s Managerial Accounting course trains advisors to better assist business owners with decision-making by being strategic and forthcoming with an interpretation of the information in the financial statements.