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This Week’s Edition of KBR:

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?
Yes: 115 votes
83.33%
No: 23 votes
16.67%
 

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People in the News

Darren Ryan, an insurance and financial services professional in St. John’s, NL, shares his thoughts about attending last year’s Distinguished Advisor Conference

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Knowledge Bureau Comments on Proposed Changes to the VDP

CRA is proposing changes to its Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP). In response, Knowledge Bureau submitted the following comments for government review in advance of the August 8, 2017, consultation deadline: 

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Renting Part of your Home? Watch Your Tax Bill

Renting out the basement, or even just a room, in one’s home has long been a great way to tap into an additional stream of income to improve cash flow, enhance savings or reduce debt.

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Foreign Asset Reporting

If your clients own assets abroad, they must submit Form T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement to CRA to disclose whether they had “specified foreign assets” held during the year, if the total cost at any time exceeded $100,000 Canadian. 

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Manitoba is One Step Closer to a Pooled Retirement Pension Plan (PRPP)

New provincial rules were finalized earlier this month governing the use of Pooled Retirement Pension Plans in Manitoba. 

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