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?

On June 12, 2014 CRA announced the prescribed interest rates for the 3rd quarter of 2014 (July to September) will remain unchanged from the 2nd quarter.  

A recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada serves as a caution to taxpayers who appeal their reassessments on feeble or fabricated grounds: parties who do so may face costly consequences.

One of the most common yet most missed provisions on the personal tax return is medical expenses, and in an aging demographic, they are more prevalent. 

After a relationship breakdown, there are some general rules on who claims in sole or joint custody cases.

Are you considering jointly owning property to rent with one or more other people? Before doing so, it’s important to consider the structure of your ownership agreement.

Bill Bishop brings his unique insight on sales strategies to the 2014 Distinguished Advisor Conference as part of The Next BIG Idea: How To Sell A Lobster.