Tax Tip: The More Obscure Medical Expenses

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

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Are you aware of the possibility of paying victim surcharges?

On June 13, the Bank of Canada released its Financial System Review (FSR)[1]. The major risks to the Canadian economy remain the uncertain global economic condition. However, the largest domestic source of risk to the stability of the Canadian Financial system is identified as the housing market.

New Family Law Act in BC triggers wealth preservation considerations.

I recently ran across an interesting article published in Knowledge@Wharton (December 9, 2009)[1]. It, in turn, references an article in the medical journal The Lancet, which states that children born since the year 2000 in developed countries will most likely live to be 100 and, in fact, that they will be healthier than elderly people in previous generations.