August 2025 Poll
A public consultation on whether the CDIC’s deposit insurance limit should be raised to $150,000 per deposit category is underway. Do you agree?Tuition, Education and Textbook Credits: Use Them before You Lose Them
Hard to believe, but it’s back to school time and parents and students are already busy preparing for fall classes. Thank goodness there is tax relief for the expensive tuition fees and textbooks. But some of them will soon be lost, starting as soon as January 1, 2017. Are you up to speed on the changes?
Job Loss, Post-Secondary Education . . . and Lemonade
The big economic news published this month by Stats Canada was that for the period from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016, Canada’s job vacancy rate (the share of unfilled jobs over all jobs) declined in nine provinces and two territories. Yet by July of 2016, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 % to 6.9%. So what’s the connection with lemonade?
Executors: Go Back to Tax School with T2075
Executors take note: CRA has issued an update of Form T2075, Election To Defer Payment Of Income Tax, Under Subsection 159(5) Of The Income Tax Act By A Deceased Taxpayer’s Legal Representative Or Trustee.
RDSP: Take a New Look at RDSP to Help the Disabled
Is there a new disability in the family for someone under the age of 49? Astute tax and financial advisors will want to introduce the RDSP (Registered Disability Savings Plan) as a savings option to shore up support for the future. But, who is eligible and what can be contributed? A primer on this very lucrative plan should be discussed with your clients.
Mark Your Educational Calendar
It’s time to put your professional education plan in place and to map out how you will achieve your CE/CPD credits this fall.
Government Plans for Canadian Retirements: Why Action is Required and How We Can Win
Are the proposed costs of the new CPP increasingly unsustainable? Are they the answer to retirement security for Canadians?
