This Month’s Poll
Is the new Canada Groceries and Essential Benefit the right solution to help Canadians with inflation?Financing Education: Tax relief for expensive university textbooks ends
Students and their parents will be looking for new ways to fund post-secondary education this year, as tax relief has been significantly curtailed with the removal of the monthly education and textbook amounts.
New tax reporting rules for farmers and fishers
On May 5, the Finance Department issued a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to change income reporting rules specifically for farmers and fishers who sell to agricultural and fisheries cooperatives, in response to restrictions in the March 2016 budget that impact the claiming of the small business deduction.
2017 Provincial Budget Roundup: Part 3
In case you missed it during tax season, several provinces announced tax changes to their regimes. In this third and final installment of the Provincial Budget Roundup series, we will present a brief summary of the tax provisions from Quebec, the Maritimes and the Territories:
Use your tax refund for your TFSA
What are you doing with your tax refund this year? If it hasn’t yet been spent, one of the most tax-efficient things you can do is to invest it in your TFSA. It’s a short-term plan with a long-term vision: this investment will help to guarantee your tax-efficient retirement.
Natural disaster relief available for tax filers
CRA is providing relief for taxpayers across the country, and particularly in Quebec and Ontario, whose tax filings were interrupted by severe flooding over the past few weeks.
Life Purpose
“Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master.”
- Alexander Dumas
