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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?
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Search for 2016 Distinguished Advisor Conference (DAC) Young Advisors Award Winners Begins Now
Keeley Simpson of Rorabeck Wealth Advisory Group, BMO Nesbitt Burns, and Brandon Silbermann, a financial advisor at Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc and Don Stockman Financial Services Ltd, were awarded prestigious plaques in commemoration of their selection as the two inaugural winners of the Distinguished Advisor Conference (DAC) Young Advisors Award.
Missed the DAW? Three Ways to Catch Up
Knowledge Bureau has just wrapped up another successful Distinguished Advisor Workshop (DAW) tour, the annual Advanced Personal Tax Update. If you were unable to attend, Knowledge Bureau has a few options for you to update, train staff and get your CE Credits.
Take the Deep Dive: The Advanced T1 Professional Tax Preparation Course
Want a real tax challenge? Take the T1 Professional Tax Preparation – Advanced for more complex case studies and tax theory that tests and refreshes your knowledge. The true-to-life simulations help you identify changes in your tax software, too.
Resolution: Reduce Average Tax Refund of $1780
Last year, Canadians both prepaid and overpaid their tax and the amount was significant: $148 a month or $1780 for the year, according to taxation statistics to January 4, 2016. That’s money given to the government on an interest-free basis all year long, and bad financial planning. Over a 40-year worklife, your tax overpayment would be worth $71,200 in capital that would not have been invested in the marketplace.
