Finance Canada Drops Draft Legislation August 15
All professional tax practitioners, financial advisors should take note of an important mid-summer release of draft legislation to implement some of the proposals from the November 2024 Fall Economic Statement, the April 2024 Budget, the EIFEL rules announced on August 12, 2024, and rules relating to passive income of foreign affiliates announced in the 2022 federal budget. This draft legislation also introduces more modifications to new trust filing requirements. Brief highlights appear below; technical details will be discussed in the September 17 and November 5 CE Summits and Knowledge Bureau’s certificate course on T3 Filings.RTPP: Not Without Competency Standards
Knowledge Bureau’s February Poll asked tax practitioners whether CRA should implement the Registration of Tax Preparers Program (RTPP) to track and address recurring errors in professional tax preparation without setting minimum knowledge standards for both auditors and professionals.
Great News for Canadians: We’re Wealthier Than Ever!
Last week, Statistics Canada released the results of the Survey of Financial Security – conducted between September and November 2012 – and the news is good: the 2012 median net worth among family units has increased 44.5 per cent since 2005 to $243,800, and almost 80 per cent from 1999 – just 13 years ago.
CRA Not Above Law: The Implied Undertaking Rules
Taxpayers can take comfort that the “implied undertaking rule” still protects them when dealing with the CRA in pre-trial discovery, thanks to recent jurisprudence.
Evelyn Jacks: March is Tax Literacy Month
Tax literacy is important. Why? Because the tax return is the most important financial document of the year for most Canadians and many changes have recently made it more probable that they will do their returns incorrectly the first time.
Grad Spotlight - How the MFA Program Expanded Rick’s Level of Services
Rick Tomalty achieved his MFA-Succession and Estate Planning Specialist designation in 2012, and since then he has attended Knowledge Bureau's annual Distinguished Advisor Conference. We are pleased to have Rick as one of our distinguished grads.
Claiming Support Payments
The recipient of taxable child or spousal support payments must report those amounts as income and pay the tax.
