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.
Top guns know. . .be on the ground with DAC delegates on the eve of the American election and hear expert commentary about the fallout of this controversial and exceptional time. It’s not too late to join close to 200 delegates in San Diego Nov 6 – 9; there are a few spots left.
Register by October 21 for early bird rates for Distinguished Advisor Workshops – fall edition. October marks the official start of “year-end tax planning season,” and this year there are lots of planning concerns for business owner-managers, real estate owners and succession planning. Top industry experts will enlighten you, so you can add value to your client relationships.
Death is never timely, yet it comes to at least 1% of the population each year. Brushing up on filing requirements and planning opportunities in the year of death can save families thousands of dollars. Now is a great time to take Knowledge Bureau’s Final Returns on Death of a Taxpayer course so you can plan the after-tax consequences of deemed disposition of assets at death for your clients and their heirs.
There are lots of changes coming to retirement income planning, together with a whole new focus on how much is enough. . . a question being asked by all generations in the family. That’s why retirement planning is really about multi-generational planning.
There are so many tax planning changes being introduced for 2016 – 2017 that tax, bookkeeping or financial services professionals may have trouble keeping up with answers to their clients’ complex questions this year.
It takes specialized skills to marry tax and financial planning competencies to help clients adequately fund tax-efficient income requirements. Now tax and financial advisors can certify to specialize and provide this new value-added service with the newly revised Tax-Efficient Retirement Income Planning Course.