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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?

National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy Call for Members

Are you interested in strengthening Canadians’ financial literacy?

Requirement vs. Choice: It’s the Crux in Claiming Commission Sales Expenses

In order to be eligible for a deduction for sales or travel expenses under subsections 8(1)(f) and (h) of the Income Tax Act, taxpayers must show that they worked on a commission-based income.

Evelyn Jacks: Ostriches Aren’t Smart; Tax Penalties Are Expensive

Well it's that time of the year again. . .tax audit season. The ostrich approach is one way to cope, but not the smartest. 

Q and A: Setting Up Business in the U.S.

The U.S. has a number of different business structures available when conducting your affairs in the U.S., whether your business is rental property or operating a viable small business.

Employee Stock Options

An employer may provide its employees the opportunity to purchase shares in the employer’s corporation at some future date, but at a price that is the current market price when the option is granted (the exercise price).

Volunteer Firefighters Can Claim Non-Refundable Credit

Volunteer firefighters can claim an amount of $3,000.
 
 
 
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
    10%
  • No
    72 votes
    90%