Tax Avoidance, Financial Stress & Well Being

Earlier this month, Statistics Canada published a report titled Stretching the Loonie: a time series analysis of financial difficulty and quality of life. The report is based on a nation-wide survey and the results are concerning. They reveal a serious trend and it is possible this is contributing to the late filing trend we are seeing this tax season.

People with presence seem to navigate a room with ease, stopping to talk with others for just the right amount of time before moving on. 

With the new Final Returns on Death of a Taxpayer course slated for an April 2015 release, Wayne Blackmere sent his comments regarding the course.

It’s going to be one of those tax years – lots of complicated tax changes plus lots of reasons for taxpayers to want their tax refunds early. 

There are many ways to compute a tax return mathematically correctly. 

In a recent decision from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, it was held that the former common-law partner of a deceased individual was entitled to the pension benefits of his plan because the deceased never changed the beneficiary designation.

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