Red Ink on the Prairies
A day after Quebec’s Finance Minister Eric Girard brought down a Budget featuring a $6.3 Billion deficit, Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled his government’s budget on March 19. Next up was Finance Minister Adrian Salas, who tabled the Manitoba Budget on March 24. The common thread: there’s lots of red ink on the Prairies. But that’s where the budget documents differ between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here’s the latest tax news and why it matters to the advice you give your clients.Did you know Knowledge Bureau has a YouTube channel?
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Knowledge Bureau Highlight: Dan Allen
Meet Dan Allen, Certified Financial Planner, Master Financial Advisor- Retirement Income Services Specialist
Canadians Doing Business In China can Now Use The Renminbi
Three important initiatives were announced by Finance Canada this week: a US-dollar denominated global bond issue and second, more significantly the launch of North America’s first trading hub using Chinese currency, the renminbi or RMB, which is poised to take a leading position as a global trading currency, after the US Dollar and the Euro.
3 Million T1’s Received, 25 Million To Go
As of March 1, 2015 just over three million personal tax returns had been received by CRA and not surprisingly, only 13% of these returns were paper-filed – everything else was filed with CRA electronically.
June Distinguished Advisor Workshop Agenda is Here
The agenda for the June Distunguished Advisor Workshop (DAW) is starting to fill up.... have you filled out your application form yet?
Surplus for Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz brought forward the 2015-2016 budget for the province March 18 and as expected announced a surplus.
