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Claiming Medical Expenses: Free Healthcare?

Free Health Care? Did you know that Canadians spend on average more than $1,000 on medical expenses each year? It’s estimated that government programs, via our taxes, cover about 72% of medical expenses, which means that we pay for the rest. Your clients may be over-paying on their taxes because they don’t know about medical expense deductions. 

KB Poll: Parents Should Be Primarily Responsible for Post-Secondary Education

A highly engaged audience weighed in on who should fund post-secondary education as Knowledge Bureau’s August poll asked, in your opinion is it the parent’s responsibility.

Under the Weather:  Canada’s Economic Performance

It’s fall:  time to ramp up Canada’s economy! Possibly the only good news in Statistics Canada’s August 31 report on Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, for the second quarter 2016, was that Canada’s household savings rate was 4.2%, up from 4.1% in the first quarter.

What is a Proposal for a Small Business?

With all the dreary economic news, it’s not unusual for businesses to hit a bump in the road, something astute professional advisors should watch closely as our guest columist, Andy Fisher, of the Small Business Restructuring practice at Farber Financial Group explains.

Introducing the DAC 2016 Speaker Starting Line Up

Soar Higher! You won’t want to these 20 thought-provoking speakers, who will bringing to you cutting edge interpretation of global events, including the results of the controversial U. S. election night, and their sage insights designed to help you maximize your greater potential.

Seven Reasons to Go Back To School with Knowledge Bureau

Today’s professional tax and financial advisors work within a changing environment in which clients are more willing to pay for knowledge and interpretation.  Highly informed clients, especially Millennials and their retiring parents, demand an expanded knowledge base in the value proposition they are willing to pay for.

Life purpose

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Indian Proverb
 
 
 
Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

Do you believe SimpleFile, CRA’s newly revamped automated tax system, will help more Canadians access tax benefits and comply with the tax system?

  • Yes
    7 votes
    7.69%
  • No
    84 votes
    92.31%