Tax Tip: The More Obscure Medical Expenses

Are you claiming all the medical expenses you or your clients might be entitled to? 

A special tax at the top marginal rate will be charge to a “specified employee” for contributions to an employee profit sharing plan if the contribution exceeds 20% of the employee’s salary received in the year.

With a new school year around the corner, you may be considering taking in a university student as a renter. If so, you will want to get your documentation ready for a change in your tax filing.

Over the past several years, corporate income tax rates have decreased which has affected reporting by individual investors on their personal returns for dividend income. 

Sarah is 67 and earning all her income in the lowest tax bracket. She has not yet started withdrawing money from her significant RRSP, which holds $800,000. When should she start? How much should she take into income?

When a taxpayer's income falls into a clawback zone, a portion of a social benefit like OAS or EI must be repaid.

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