Knowledge Bureau Report
LEARN MORE. EARN MORE. SHARE MORE.

News Releases Media Releases View Poll

Subscribe to KBR




STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH BREAKING TAX AND INVESTMENT NEWS.

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 Week’s Edition of KBR:

February 2025 Poll

In your view will the new U.S. tariffs affect your clients’ business and retirement plans?
Yes: 15 votes
88.24%
No: 2 votes
11.76%
 

Cast Your Vote

Good News on Deferring Recapture of Capital Cost Allowance

When a depreciable asset is disposed of and the result is a negative balance in the CCA class, that negative balance is normally included in the taxpayer’s income (as recapture of CCA) in the year of disposition.

Read More

Nine Key Issues for Pre-Retirement Planning

Planning for retirement is an old issue, but now there’s a new take on it: pre-retirement planning.  In the past, the focus was on how much pension income was needed to replace actively earned income from employment, to live comfortably until death. But these days retirement is anything but traditional and with employer pensions on the decline, especially defined benefit plans, many other factors must be taken into account when planning for life after work.

Read More

Learn How to Build on Untapped Potential in Corporate Investing

In today’s tax and economic climate, multi-generational planning faces new risks and  understanding the opportunities in the management of corporate investments is a huge issue. Uncover the latent potential in these resources for investment and retirement planning by joining John Natale, AVP Tax, Retirement & Estate Planning Services, at DAC this November 6 – 9 in San Diego.

Read More

Life Purpose

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th." Julie Andrews

Read More

Tax Tips: Maximize Change Family Benefit Provisions

Families may soon be out of monthly income due to the cancellation of the Universal Child Care Benefits in July.  It’s also time to review and optimize the Family Tax Cut provisions which are no longer available for the 2016 tax filing year. Tax and financial advisors can help.

Read More