Opportunity: Canadian Dollar Stabilizes, Somewhat

Things have started to turn around for the Canadian dollar in the second quarter of 2025. It hit a 22 year low in January of 2025. Investors and property owners, who have been swooning at the high burn rate in their travel plans and property maintenance abroad, may wish to consider recent more positive trends and consider some risk mitigation opportunities now that the dollar is stabilizing somewhat.  

Subsection 227.1 of the Income Tax Act and subsection 323 of the Excise Tax Act provide that the directors of a corporation will be personally liable for their corporation’s failure to remit employee withholdings and GST.

Lots of people like to dabble in real estate when markets are hot. But there could be an unintended tax issue which could significantly erode wealth.

Joint tenants are often comforted by the doctrine of survivorship – the survivor(s) take the property absolutely upon the death of the other holder(s).

New research tells us doing retirement income projections induces people to increase their savings and feel more satisfied about their retirement savings adequacy. This must-attend live workshop will provide you with the best tools to prepare tax-efficient retirement income projections, and apply income averaging and income splitting techniques on cutting edge calculators using a case study approach. Limited seats available – reserve your spot by September 15!

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On August 29, the Department of Finance released draft legislative proposals that would implement various tax measures introduced in the February 11, 2014 budget as well as other measures including the modernization of life insurance policy exemption tests.