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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?
Focus on RRSP: Six More Year-End Tax Tips
There is still time to consider your own unique RRSP tax strategy to reduce income and taxes and increase refundable tax credits for your financial gain in 2018. The RRSP contribution deadline is March 1, 2018. Following is the last of our series of a dozen tips to consider as the holidays begin and before this year ends:
Choosing Your 2018 Career Path as an Employee or Entrepreneur
When setting your career-related New Year’s resolutions, it’s important to ask yourself a key question: “Do I see myself as an employee or an entrepreneur?”
People in the News: Barbara Schuster
Congratulations to Barbara Schuster from Investors Group who just graduated from Knowledge Bureau’s Advanced Tax-Efficient Retirement Income Planning self-study course, and had the following comments about her experiences:
Spotlight on the RRSP: 12 Year-End Tax Tips
The RRSP can play a prominent role in many of the year end tax strategies still available to pay less tax in the 2017 tax year. The RRSP contribution deadline is March 1, 2018. Following are the first six of a dozen tips to consider as the holidays begin and before this year ends:
Homes and Private Pensions Help Canadians Increase Net Worth
Canadians who focus on building their asset base will quickly grow their personal and family net worth – that’s the difference between the value of assets and the debt attached to them. Based on the December 7 release of the Survey of Financial Security for 2016, median net worth was up almost 15 percent to $295,100 over 2012 figures. The principal residence was the largest asset, followed by private pensions. But will this trend continue?
