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Canadian Dental Care Plan Renewal Deadline Approaches

Know Your Client!   It’s a daily commitment and requirement, especially in the work that financial advisors do with their clients.   It’s imperative that you ask about any significant changes in their lives. Has there been a significant new event:   a move to take a new job or go to university, a marriage or divorce, a new birth, a disability or a death? And, in the case of income tested benefits such as the Canadian Dental Care Plan, (CDCP) do they qualify?  Did they file their tax return on time to get it?  Do you know the deadlines for doing so?  Do you know when coverage ends if your client now longer qualifies?

Spotlight: Winning With Women

In Canada, it’s estimated that $3.2-trillion in total assets and $1.1-trillion in financial wealth alone will be controlled by women, based on figures compiled by research group Investor Economics.

Coaching In Financial Decision-Making

Boost your skills so that you can analyze and explain financial reports and provide the guidance your business clients need to grow. Enrol in Managerial Accounting today.

Is Your Retirement Income Forcasting Accurate Enough?

It makes a difference. Your clients might be undersaving – or oversaving at the expense of their peace of mind. This must-attend live workshop will provide you with the best tools to preserve, grow, and transition wealth tax-efficiently for your clients and to the next generation. Earn up to 30 CE/CPD credits!

Canadian Small Businesses Still Behind On CASL Compliance

58% of KBR voters in our July poll indicated that the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) will not affect their business or their clients.

21 Million Tax Returns Filed Online

More than half of Canadians are now using professional EFILE services to do their taxes and despite the Heartbleed bug, close to 7 million Canadians used NETFILE to transmit their returns. 

30,000 Canadian Children Wait for Adoption

More than 20% of Canadians are or have considered adopting a child in Canada, but 75% of these potential parents are concerned about the cost.
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

Does the new government’s promise, expected soon, to cut the lowest personal income tax rate by 1% to 14%, go far enough to help Canadians impacted by high costs? What are alternatives in your view?

  • Yes
    8 votes
    9.52%
  • No
    76 votes
    90.48%