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This Week’s Edition of KBR:

This Month’s Poll

Should the Old Age Security clawback start at a lower net income than the current $93,454?

Yes: 24 votes

19.2%

No: 101 votes

80.8%

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Beyond the Solo Practice: Building Capacity for What’s Next

Today’s Live Virtual Business Builder Summit was designed to help practitioners make that shift — from managing everything themselves to building a practice that can support more clients, more complexity, and long-term success. Good news! The Recorded course is now available for you to learn at your own time and convenience and you won’t want to miss this opportunity. Why does growth in your business matter so much now? Watch our short video featuring the event topics that will help your organization of grow beyond a solo practice as you consider these three key drivers:

Building Better Businesses Starts with the Ability to Scale

Do you know the biggest risk that a mature tax or financial services business faces? Complacency! For new business ventures, the risks are different: it’s the inability to deal with increasing capacity. If you find yourself in either of these scenarios, knowing how to scale your business to new heights could solve the problem. In this case, the DMA-Small Business Services Specialist Program is for you. Consider the following:

CRA’s Callback Service for Tax Pros Pilot

Are you a tax professional with years of experience? Have you ever felt frustrated after calling the CRA, having spent hours on hold, wasting your client’s or employer’s time, only to speak to CRA agents who aren’t qualified to answer your questions? The Auditor General of Canada was equally displeased in a scathing report last fall on wait times and accuracy levels at the CRA. Now a new CRA callback service may come to the rescue this tax season. Here is my experience with the pilot project so far:

Tax Evasion: A Criminal Case to Consider

Tax practitioners may be confronted by taxpayers looking to cheat the system. That’s a problem, and you need to identify the circumstances swiftly. You need to make certain clients you work with don’t break tax laws and that you don’t either. You also want to share information about any potential penalties or conflicts with the Canada Revenue Agency. Under the Criminal Code the penalties for tax evasion can be severe and while jail time for tax cheats is relatively rare, it does happen. We have just such a case to report on, which the CRA published in February.

New Brunswick Budget 2026-27

When we speak of government debt, we are generally referring to the level of debt racked up by our federal government. However, our provincial governments are also piling up debt for future generations. On March 17, 2026 – St. Patrick’s Day - New Brunswick has joined B.C. Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Territories on the deficit bandwagon. Yet at least a bit of the “luck of the Irish” was in store for taxpayers and businesses in New Brunswick.

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Knowledge Bureau News Network

Financial Issues & Answers for Everyone

This Week’s Edition of KBR:

This Month’s Poll

Should the Old Age Security clawback start at a lower net income than the current $93,454?

Beyond the Solo Practice: Building Capacity for What’s Next

Building Better Businesses Starts with the Ability to Scale

CRA’s Callback Service for Tax Pros Pilot

Tax Evasion: A Criminal Case to Consider

New Brunswick Budget 2026-27

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