Things have started to turn around for the Canadian dollar in the second quarter of 2025. It hit a 22 year low in January of 2025. Investors and property owners, who have been swooning at the high burn rate in their travel plans and property maintenance abroad, may wish to consider recent more positive trends and consider some risk mitigation opportunities now that the dollar is stabilizing somewhat.
A new type of private pension plan is available in federal workplaces this year and some workplaces in the Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories: the Pooled Retirement Pension Plan (PRPP).
Employees may be presented with an opportunity to purchase shares in the employer’s corporation at some future date, but at a price set at the time the option was granted. This is known as the exercise price.
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Do you believe Canada’s tax system based, on self-assessment, has suffered under recent changes at CRA and by Finance Canada? If so, what is the one wish you have for tax reform?