This Month’s Poll
Should the Old Age Security clawback start at a lower net income than the current $93,454?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.
Home Equity Enough to Fund Retirement?
We have learned that Canadians are wealthier today in large part because of the equity in their homes. Will that be enough to supplement retirement needs after downsizing to a small place? Let’s put some numbers to it to find out.
