Seniors Targeted? The Tax Audits Begin
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) routinely reviews or audits tax filings, including personal, trust, corporate, and HST returns. The most common types of reviews that focus on personal tax returns include, but are not limited to, Pre-Assessment Reviews, Processing Reviews, and the Matching Program. This year there is a new focus: the Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit introduced to help families better care for their elders. But claiming it, like other tax benefits, comes with a tax snare. Read on to learn more.Fall DAW Leaves Attendees With a Wealth of Information.
Year-end tax planning, owner manager compensation, business transition planning and more were covered over the last few days at the fall Distinguished Advisor Workshop (DAW).
Business Valuation: A Critical Skill for Year End Planning with Business Owners
Knowledge Bureau’s Business Valuation for Advisors course will help an advisor become a valuable resource to their clients when considering business valuation issues.
Future Family Financials: Calculating Liberal Tax Changes.
How will the anticipated changes to the Family Tax Cuts under a new Liberal government look? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. The next Federal Budget and the 2016 indexing factors will confirm actual results; however, in reviewing estimates, we found a couple big winners: lower income families with children, and no income refundable tax credit filers with children.
Consumer Price Index for September Determines Indexation for 2016
Indexation of tax brackets and personal amounts for 2016 is determined by the average CPI numbers for the twelve months ending September 2015 (which were announced last week).
Should TFSA Accounts Be Topped Up?
It appears unlikely that investors who have already maximized their TFSA contribution room to $10,000 in 2015 will be asked to remove the extra $4500, should the new government make good on their pledge to repeal the $10,000 maximum contribution in favor of a $5500 annual amount.
DAC 2015 to Proceed As Planned: Hurricane Spared Puerto Vallarta
We are very happy and relieved to provide you with this update on DAC 2015 in Puerto Vallarta: the Westin Resort and Spa has reported there are no damages; staff have returned as well, reporting no damages to their homes; and everything appears to be operating as normal—including the sunshine—after the tremendous scare from Hurricane Patricia on Friday.
