When CRA officially opened the electronic floodgates on tax filing season on February 23 this year, it was with a number of pieces of news. Did you know, for example, that the GST/HST Credit has now been officially renamed the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB)? You get it by filing a tax return and interacting with CRA’s new digital services, which unfortunately still refer to the old name – the GST/HST Credit. It’s just one of those “game changers” that make Real Tax News with Evelyn Jacks and Friends, starting this week for its second season, so valuable to Canadians.
Diane Colton, Business Services Specialist, FDFS™, Knowledge Bureau VIP graduate, designate, esteemed Fellow of Distinguished Financial Services and owner of Mobility Tax has been selected to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Governor General of Canada.
The Recorded Sessions of this High Value Webinar are now available featuring in depth instruction from tax experts Evelyn Jacks, Kim Moody and Ruth Horst. Don’t miss this important opportunity to decipher the Capital Gains chaos for your clients, family and community. File T1 returns with the new Schedule 3 with confidence – train rooking staff members, too. Plus, there’s still time to enrol in our upcoming CE Savvy™ Mini Summit live-virtual events. On February 19 we will focus on Families and Their Real Estate and on February 26 Small Business Returns.
Join Evelyn Jacks and special guests for a weekly podcast delivering real tax news people need to know. It’s been quite the journey for taxpayers who own assets like cottages and businesses. In this first episode of Real Tax News: “Capital Gains Chaos Gets a Reprieve” featuring Geoff Currier, find out the latest PLUS the Definition of True Wealth.
Knowledge Bureau hosted its first half-day Mini CE Summit which focused on Rookie Tax Training to bring Canada’s Income Tax Fundamentals course to life, and surprisingly, it was well attended by seasoned pros as well.
Last week, it was announced that the capital gains inclusion rate increase would be postponed to January 1, 2026. How can you advise your clients on this now?
On January 23 , Finance Canada released draft legislation to confirm the extension of the charitable donation deadline for the 2024 tax year to February 28, 2025. However, this law won’t be passed until the House of Parliament returns from the prorogue.