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October 2024 Poll
October was small business month! Do you think more Canadians today are interested in starting their own businesses?
Grad Spotlight - Lucie’s Designation Strengthens Her Business
Lucie Hansom earned her DFA-Tax Services Specialist designation in 2012 and in 2013 attended her first Distinguished Advisor Conference. We are pleased to have Lucie as one of our distinguished grads.
Support for Children
For all agreements or court orders after May 1997, child support payments are not taxable to the recipient or deductible by the payor. For income tax purposes, any support stipulated in an agreement or court order is deemed to be child support if it is not identified as spousal support.
RRSP Payment as Pension Income
When is an RRSP payment considered to be a pension for the purposes of completing public insurance, nursing home per-diems and other application forms?
Grad Spotlight - How the MFA Program Expanded Rick’s Level of Services
Rick Tomalty achieved his MFA-Succession and Estate Planning Specialist designation in 2012, and since then he has attended Knowledge Bureau's annual Distinguished Advisor Conference. We are pleased to have Rick as one of our distinguished grads.
Claiming Support Payments
The recipient of taxable child or spousal support payments must report those amounts as income and pay the tax.
