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July 2024 Poll
Starting in July, CRA will provide legal warnings to recover more than $9 billion of overpaid pandemic recovery benefits like CERB. Do you think that is fair?
Enhanced Benefits for Seniors and the Disabled
The Speech from the Throne indicates that the government will be following through on several promises made in the last election. Promises for seniors include enhancements to Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan Survivor’s Benefit. For the disabled, a new Canadian Disability Benefit will be introduced, along with an employment strategy and improved processes to determine program and benefit eligibility. Here are the details:
No New Insight on Changes to Stock Options
The 2019 Federal Budget proposed an annual cap of $200,000 on stock options granted to employees by "large, long-established, mature firms." This cap is on the value of the shares at the time the options are granted. More details were set to be delivered in the 2020 Federal Budget, including information from the consultations with Canadians. It's information we're still waiting for, however, the government did recommit to its implementation during yesterday's Throne Speech. Here’s what we know now:
Updated Income Tax Estimator Deals with Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) Clawback
When the new Canada Recovery Benefits become available later this month, it will come with a cost. If the recipient’s net income for the year from other sources exceeds $38,000, they will be required to repay 50% of the lesser of the CRB received and their net income in excess of $38,000.
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Good News: Canadians’ Debt Ratio Drops and Savings Rates Increase
According to a September 11 report from Stats Canada, households increased holdings of financial assets and reduced non-mortgage and consumer debt during the second quarter this year. The household debt service ratio, which is the total obligated payments of principal and interest on credit market debt over household disposable income, had the largest decline on record. It dropped from 14.54% to 12.40%. Incredibly, there was only $1.58% of credit market debt for every dollar of household disposable income. But, is the good news temporary?
