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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?
Yes: 86 votes
81.13%
No: 20 votes
18.87%
 

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Guest Column: How to Know When It’s Time to Retire—Or Not

Richard (Rick) Atkinson, founder and president of RA Retirement Advisors, discusses some key factors to consider when deciding the best time to retire in his recent article in the Summer 2013 issue of the CSA Journal.

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Tax Rules for Patents and Licences

Just had the $1 million idea? Innovators have some interesting rules to contend with when it comes to their taxes—sometimes the last thing on their mind when the Eureka moment happens!

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How Do I Best Manage My RRSP If I Have an RPP?

You may not be able to contribute to your own RRSP, depending on how much was contributed to your RPP.

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Growing Your Net Worth: Ask the Right Questions

When we look at the scope of tax assistance available for financial assets—inside and outside of a registered account—as well as non-financial assets like real estate, it helps us to develop a checklist of criteria to look for before making an investment so we can get to a point of evaluation in our investment activities. How well are we doing, year over year?

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Loan Sharks: Criminal Interest Rate Provisions Fail to Curtail Practice

Back in 1980, unanimously, and without much debate at all, Parliament enacted Section 347 of the Criminal Code with the objective of combating “loan sharks”.

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