Bill C-31: Royal Asset and New CRA Powers Could Come Soon

Changes are coming to the Income Tax Act and both you and your clients will all be affected with new tax risks including longer tax audits. Bill C-31, which passed second reading in the House of Commons on June 3 and is now at committee stage, contains elements of previous Federal Budgets that will expand the CRA’s compliance and enforcement powers. Here’s what you need to know and pass along to your clients:

Tax is a trigger for most clients. It’s complicated, time consuming and requires the meeting of a deadline. It’s also very expensive: it is the family’s largest lifetime expense.

The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) has published its T2 Tax Guide on its website.

No paper means no tax remittance forms...

The federal budget of Marsh 2012 included proposed changes to the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program. 

American Mike “Mish” Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management, who wrote the following analysis of the markets on November 28, 2012. Do you agree or disagree with his sentiments? 

Many taxpayers are shocked to learn that the bushel of apples, gaggle of geese, or services of great variety, paid to settle a debt instead of cash, all have a commercial value that may have tax implications.