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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.
This Month’s Poll
Do you agree with the government’s plan to introduce the new Canada Groceries Essentials Benefit (CGEB)?
Announcing the Acuity 2026 Conference Venue – November 22 to 24
THE BEAUTIFUL, LUXURY HOTEL GRAND PACIFIC IN VICTORIA, BC. We are pleased to announce the location of the 2026 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors (DAC), November 22 to 24 in pristine Victoria, BC. Delegates will enjoy preferred room rates at the beautiful luxury Hotel Grand Pacific! Check out this spectacular venue and the instructions for reserving your rooms, below. First come, first served – we highly recommend you register as soon as possible for both the Conference and to reserve your rooms. We can help you. There are also some great seat sales on now!
Last Chance: January 21 – Register for Canada’s Most Comprehensive Line-by-Line T1 Tax Update
Don’t Miss it! The Advanced Line-by-Line T1 Personal Tax Update starting at 8:15 CT on January 21! Delivered by an outstanding faculty of Canada’s top tax experts – Evelyn Jacks, Kim Moody, Ruth Horst and Sharon Conrod – this live virtual event is designed for professional tax preparers, accountants, and advisors. It’s a full-day tax extravaganza to help you shake out the cobwebs, sharpen your technical knowledge, remember some “dark horses” of tax theory, to confidently prepare tax returns in the 2026 tax season. The agenda is packed with timely updates your whole team won’t want to miss. Register Now!
Downsizing Your CRA Tax Files?
Happy New Year! If one of your resolutions for 2026 is to downsize, or at least sort through all that stuff you don’t need anymore, you may inevitably run across those tax files you’ve been keeping for decades. Just how long do you have to keep them? Do you need permission to destroy them? From whom? Read on to learn more.
Tax and Estate Planning: Train, Mentor and Introduce New Skillsets to Your Clients
To prepare for a high quality, efficient and profitable tax season, you can count on Knowledge Bureau for a world class educational experience customized to your office needs. Here’s why that’s important: tax and estate planning are the fastest-growing service areas in the financial services. To embrace this trend with professionalism and business acumen, the key to success is your highly trained team. Consider the following:
CRA Pushes Paper Filers Online
Only 7% of all Canadian tax filers use paper. The CRA wants the number to be close to zero. To that end, it is taking steps to steer the holdouts to join the 93% who file electronically. Who are the winners in this push to digitization? It may well be the tax and financial services community.
