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.
Linda Baldwin, DFA-Tax Services Specialist™ shares how Knowledge Bureau courses have helped her keep up to date on frequent tax changes she’s required to know to operate a successful tax business. Linda also tell us that a Knowledge Bureau education is a requirement for training any new staff she hires.
The May 20 Virtual CE Summit: The most important virtual summit you can attend to help your clients with their tax, retirement and estate planning for 2021. The federal budget provisions will have an effect on the tactics you need to use for sound retirement planning in a post-pandemic world, and with the height of this tax season behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the future.
Looking for new professional development and networking opportunities? Be sure to mark your calendar now! In addition to the May 20 Virtual CE Summit, we have two complimentary events on May 26 and 27 for those in strategic wealth planning fields looking to network with like-minded individuals and expand upon your value proposition with new conversation starters and approaches. Take a look and register now:
Jay Stark, MFA-P™ shares how this philanthropy planning focused designation program will help him apply new skills in his effort to help Canadians make better decisions about philanthropy and bring plans to life.
As your clients enter the 2nd half of their retirement years, there are many significant issues that begin to emerge such as illness, cost of care and loss of capacity for key decision makers. Without careful planning, years of effective decision making can be easily undone through increased costs of care and potentially increased costs of taxation.
There are three secrets to building a brand: knowing your story, building a network, and sharing that story with your network. On May 26th, we are giving you an exclusive opportunity to do so with a national networking opportunity. But there is one catch: you will need to be prepared to have fun and build your professional connections.