As Canada transitions into a new economic era under the new government's evolving tax policies, financial professionals face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. To navigate this shifting landscape, staying informed isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential. That's why CE Summits – Advisory Diploma is a must-attend professional program for tax advisors, financial planners, and professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional value to their clients amongst complexity. These sessions are led by expert faculty Evelyn Jacks, Doug Nelson, Carol Willes and Ruth Horst on May 21 – register by the May 15 early-bird deadline!
Knowledge Bureau designates need 15 CE Credits by June 30 to relicence their credentials; IIROC Cycle 9 ends on December 31, 2023 and Insurance Council licensing CE credits are due at various times throughout the spring. That’s why Knowledge Bureau is offering 5 new CE options to help you meet your CE requirements before the deadline sneaks up!
Help your clients envision their plan for the three stages of retirement based on a holistic, values-based strategy and a consistent process for articulating and measuring a plan to its objectives. This will involve several different approaches to new conversations with clients as you help them set objectives for life, financial and economic milestones after work life. Expand your skillset to help your clients navigate retirement planning with the new CE Savvy™ Collection: Retirement Planning.
Multi-generational wealth planning is fraught with potential failure because it’s so hard to get everyone on the same page – mom & dad, the kids and the grandkids! But it’s possible with a multi-stakeholder process you can easily learn with our new CE Savvy™ Collection of five micro-courses! You too can learn how the process of objective-based planning and joint decision making can really move a Real Wealth Management™ plan forward, and bring huge value to clients who are struggling with how to best plan for the future. The five micro-courses are entitled:
Here’s a sobering thought: when people get seriously ill, only 1 in 3 patients get the medical care that is right for them. This, according to Dr. Daren Heyland who will explain more in two important sessions at the May 24 CE Summit. Families are ill-prepared to make the life and death decisions they are called upon to make on the patient’s behalf and consequently, says Dr. Heyland, they suffer significant anxiety and stress. Things can get worse if the patient survives. If the person survives their serious illness but is left vulnerable and incapacitated, many families struggle to provide the best medical and personal care possible and end up quarreling about how to use the patient’s resources. The current ways of planning ahead for future illness are not working….but you can be part of the change.
Managing the process around life events (before, during and after) with a multi-stakeholder team requires three important legal documents which must be anticipated and drafted in relation to a holistic retirement, disability and estate plan. Learn how to advise your clients to think about these difficult topics in a more positive light with two important sessions from Philippe Richer LL.B at the May 24 Virtual CE Summit and bring peace of mind to family members who otherwise worry about how to avoid abusive or unintended circumstances.
Now’s the time to start building your arsenal for next tax season! The new KB Tax Tip Toolkit gives you fast answers to your tax questions and you’ll earn up to 30 CE credits using it, too! Receive three great solutions at one great price: professional tax research library, powerful tax planning calculators, and CE accreditation, register by May 15.
Does the new government’s promise, expected soon, to cut the lowest personal income tax rate by 1% to 14%, go far enough to help Canadians impacted by high costs? What are alternatives in your view?