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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: 79 votes
80.61%
No: 19 votes
19.39%
 

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Understanding Synthetic Dispositions – Short Sale of Similar or Identical Property

We continue our Synthetic Dispositions series this week with a look at the short sale of similar or identical property.

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The TFSA is Your Ticket to Tax Freedom

Make sure you contribute $5,000 for each resident adult in the family every year.

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CRA Gives Guidance on GAAR Rulings

Since 1988, 1,125 files have been referred to the GAAR Committee, according to recent statistics from CRA; CRA presented this and other statistics as it went through the GAAR process at the CRA & Professionals Breakfast Seminar in Toronto on June 6. 

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United States Senate Approves New Online Tax Scheme

South of the border, our American friends have proposed new legislation aimed at imposing sales tax on customers shopping at large online retail websites.

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Will Having a TFSA Reduce the Size of the Guaranteed Income Supplement?

With very minor exceptions, the definition of “income” used to determine the amount of the Guaranteed Income Supplement is the same as “Net Income” under the Income Tax Act. 

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