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A thorough analysis of today’s financial news—delivered weekly to your inbox or via social media. As part of Knowledge Bureau’s interactive network, the Report covers current issues on the tax and financial services landscape and provides a wide range of professional benefits, including access to peer-to-peer blogs, opinion polls, online lessons, and vital industry information from Canada’s only multi-disciplinary financial educator.
This Month’s Poll
The automobile deduction limits raised — the CCA ceiling for passenger vehicles to $39,000 plus tax for 2026. In your opinion, is that high enough?
CRA Pushes Paper Filers Online
Only 7% of all Canadian tax filers use paper. The CRA wants the number to be close to zero. To that end, it is taking steps to steer the holdouts to join the 93% who file electronically. Who are the winners in this push to digitization? It may well be the tax and financial services community.
Your Pathway to Success in Tax Preparation for 2026
As the 2026 tax season approaches, demand continues to grow for skilled professionals who can deliver accurate, compliant, and value-driven tax and accounting services. Knowledge Bureau’s Tax and Accounting Services Specialist Programs are designed to help you earn an industry-recognized specialized credential and position yourself for high-demand roles in tax preparation and accounting.
Changes to Paper Filing Disempowering
Last tax season, only 7% of all Canadian tax filers filed on paper. The CRA is pushing for zero. It continues to steer the holdouts to digitized filing by adding lots of obstacles. Most recently, it is removing almost all the schedules from the tax return package it mails. This seems unfair to people who paper file because they can’t afford a computer and internet, distrust the security of online filing and those who are neither tax or computer literate. Here’s what they are up against:
Make Tax Efficient Spousal Loans
One interesting and potentially beneficial financial strategy to grow the family’s wealth is to draw up an interspousal loan. With interest rates coming down again the plan may have more appeal again. Here’s how to make it work to stay onside with CRA, and some of the benefits:
The Lucrative Disability Tax Credit
Did you know that the Disability Tax Credit is not only lucrative when it is claimed on the tax return, but it is required to enable fifteen other provisions on the return. There is so much money left on the table when this provision is missed. Here are the additional provisions, and why working with a DMA™ Personal Tax Services Specialist is so important. In fact, it’s not too late to get this credential yourself before the start of the tax season.
