Time’s Up: CRA’s 100 Day Mandate for Improvement
After years of frustration on the part of tax professionals and taxpayers alike, the Finance Minister ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to clean up its act in 100 days. Specifically, the improvement plan was to run from September 2 through December 11. Finance Minister and Minister of National Revenue, Francoise-Phillippe Champagne instructed CRA to fix “unacceptable wait times and service delays.” Time’s up this week and CRA has released an update on progress. What gets measured, gets done. Let’s see what CRA’s metrics show.Foreign Asset Reporting
If your clients own assets abroad, they must submit Form T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement to CRA to disclose whether they had “specified foreign assets” held during the year, if the total cost at any time exceeded $100,000 Canadian.
Manitoba is One Step Closer to a Pooled Retirement Pension Plan (PRPP)
New provincial rules were finalized earlier this month governing the use of Pooled Retirement Pension Plans in Manitoba.
Life Purpose
“The way we communicate with others ultimately determines the quality of our lives.” – Anthony Robbins
Time to Update Your Educational Calendar
With all the “back-to-school” ads playing now, perhaps you’re also thinking about putting your professional education plan in place to map out how you will achieve your CE/CPD credits this fall.
DAC 2017: It’s All About the Speakers
Over the next several weeks, we will be acquainting you with the phenomenal speakers who will be sharing their thought leadership at this year’s Distinguished Advisor Conference.
CE Summits: Go for Two or More and Save!
Did you know that you can save a bundle if you register for two or more of the upcoming CE Summits?
