Tax Specialists:  The Right Time to Make an Impact

Filing tax returns is for millions of households, the most important financial transaction of the year. While helping with this task is often challenging, with unprecedented complexity in tax law and a highly digitized environment at CRA, specialized tax accounting skills have helped professionals evolve into a highly rewarding career with an extremely bright future. That makes this the right time to step up,  meet the demand for more services and scale up the industry, too. Consider the following statistics and trends:

Tax changes in the 2015 Federal Budget may bring real value and a level playing field for investments under the stewardship of a charity, making it easier for the good work they do to have a more immediate impact on pressing social and economic needs in Canada.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – When capital moves from one generation to the next, there are both risks and opportunities.Tax and wealth management expert Tim Cestnick explores this in his session, Bridging Generations with Creative Planning.

On August 19, make sure you check out our Breaking News Issue of Knowledge Bureau Report.

Finance Canada has released the fine print that will both introduce and limit a new tax break, when arm’s length sales of real property situated in Canada or the shares of a private small business corporation are donated to charity by a resident taxpayer, effective the 2017 tax year. 

Is the federal government silencing human rights organizations and advocacy groups through restrictive provisions in the Income Tax Act?

Elections bring with them important opportunities to discuss Canada’s future social, economic and tax policies. So, it’s appropriate to go back to “tax school” to find out the tax consequences of making political contributions.