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June 2025 Poll

Are your clients owed money by CRA? As of March 31, 2025, the CRA holds about 10.2 million uncashed cheques totalling $1.7 billion. In your view, why is this happening?
Yes: 3 votes
33.33%
No: 6 votes
66.67%
 

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Understanding Synthetic Dispositions – Indebtedness in Exchanges of Property

We continue our Synthetic Dispositions series this week with a look at indebtedness in exchanges of property.

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Surrey Man Jailed for Tax Fraud

How would you help the victims of this tax crime? 

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Grow Wealth Using Eight Important Steps

Allowing too much erosion up front (before investing and along the way reduces the opportunity to accumulate, grow, preserve, and transition wealth and cripples the power of compounding.

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Tax Strategies for Financial Advisors: Excerpt

As a new FPSC-approved program, here is an excerpt from Tax Strategies for Financial Advisors.

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Tax-Free Benefits: Non-Cash Gifts Under $500

A gift (either in cash or in kind) from your employer is an employment benefit. However, non-cash gifts and non-cash awards to an employee for the year with a total aggregate value less than $500 is non-taxable. The total value in excess of $500 annually will be taxable.

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