Finance Canada Releases Draft Legislation January 29

February 27, 2026 is the last date to comment on a raft of draft legislation released at the end of January covering provisions from the November 4, 2025 Federal budget,  the Fall 2024 Economic Statement, amendments from Budget 2021 regarding Hybrid Mismatching Arrangements, technical changes to two investment tax credits, dating back to 2022 and 2023, as well as corporate changes regarding the Global Minimum Tax.  The key measures to note appear below:

Helping in helplessness . . . watching the heartbreaking devastation in Fort McMurray has been gut-wrenching. How one hour can change life so dramatically! Making donations from afar seems only right; and it feels especially good, given how terrible the events of the last week have been.

If you have a December 31st year end, the due date for making annual GST/HST remittances is April 30, even though proprietorships have until June 15 to file the T1 General Tax and Benefits return. So if you owe GST/HST now, be sure to make a payment immediately to avoid interest charges.

With tax season largely behind us, energetic business builders in the tax and financial services industries will be interested in pursuing their next great revenue growth opportunity immediately: tax-efficient retirement income planning.

How strong are your economic fundamentals relating to critical issues coming down the pike for 2016 and 2017?  Would you like to better understand how the outcome of the US election will affect the global and Canadian economies?

Knowledge Bureau would like to remind you of some key dates to mark in your calendar: Regional DAW Workshops - May 24 to 31. Early Registration ends May 15.  Summer Studies Begin July 1 and DAC  Nov 6 -9. Register by June 30.

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. Edison