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July 2024 Poll
Starting in July, CRA will provide legal warnings to recover more than $9 billion of overpaid pandemic recovery benefits like CERB. Do you think that is fair?
Introducting a New Diploma Program
Knowledge Bureau is pleased to introduce a new Diploma in Advanced Family Tax Compliance. The program provides critical technical studies for professional tax accounting and financial advisors whose clients are facing increasing tax audit risk with recent changes for capital gains dispositions, rental property ownership and family business succession.
Check It Out: 13 Great Sponsors at the 2024 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors
Have you added your company’s logo to the list of esteemed partners at this year’s Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors? There is still time to promote your good work nationally and join this illustrious group. Get in by September 30!
Meeting Professional Standards of Conduct
Professionals who are designated specialists are committed to meeting standards of conduct that include professional development annually and an attestation to ethical conduct. Knowledge Bureau designates who have not yet relicensed have the options that follow.
Tax Season 2025: Filers of 6 or More Returns Must EFILE
Here’s a dark horse for those who NETFILE six or more T1 returns for friends and family. Starting in January 2024, it became mandatory for you to register as a tax preparer for the purposes of EFILE if you accept payment for those returns. Penalties are charged if you don’t comply and even if you want to, you may not pass CRA’s suitability tests.
CRA December Shutdown Alert
CRA plans a system shutdown early this year in December 2024 and could have far reaching repercussions for professional tax advisors and their business owner clients. For example, businesses to electronically file information slips prior to December 2024, and this now includes the requirement that businesses filing 6 or more information returns must do so electronically to avoid filing penalties.
