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A thorough analysis of today’s financial news—delivered weekly to your inbox or via social media. As part of Knowledge Bureau’s interactive network, the Report covers current issues on the tax and financial services landscape and provides a wide range of professional benefits, including access to peer-to-peer blogs, opinion polls, online lessons, and vital industry information from Canada’s only multi-disciplinary financial educator.
August 2025 Poll
A public consultation on whether the CDIC’s deposit insurance limit should be raised to $150,000 per deposit category is underway. Do you agree?
Retirement: Budget Changes Trigger Planning Reviews
What did the April 19, 2020 Federal Budget tell us about required new approaches to retirement planning? Rising inflation is a new concern, and this requires a reworking of retirement projections, as well as projections for the funding of ongoing needs of survivors and heirs. More specifically, there are two tax provisions to take note of:
CRA Service Standards in a Word: Overwhelmed
An astounding 98% of Knowledge Bureau poll respondents have given CRA’s service standards a thumbs down this year. It’s not too late for you to weigh in, too and share your thoughts on the question: “In your view, has CRA’s service level to professional tax advisors improved this year?”
Learn More About Retirement Income Layering & Portfolio Risk Management
As your clients enter the 2nd half of their retirement years, there are many significant issues that begin to emerge such as illness, cost of care and loss of capacity for key decision makers. Without careful planning, years of effective decision making can be easily undone through increased costs of care and potentially increased costs of taxation.
Join the Society of RWM to Connect, Contribute and Collaborate
There are three secrets to building a brand: knowing your story, building a network, and sharing that story with your network. On May 26th, we are giving you an exclusive opportunity to do so with a national networking opportunity. But there is one catch: you will need to be prepared to have fun and build your professional connections.
KB Grads in the News: Doug Buss, RWM™
Doug Buss, RWM™ shares why he loved the RWM™ Designation program: "It was a wonderful revitalization of the value that we are bringing to our clients." Get to know more about Doug, a Winnipeg native and outstanding sax player, too!
