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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: 78 votes
80.41%
No: 19 votes
19.59%
 

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Real Wealth Management™: A Collaborative Approach to Financial Peace of Mind

Check out the recording of the live Meeting of the Minds session featuring practicing members of the Society of Real Wealth Managers™ and learn more about how their collaborative family office approach helps clients make sound financial decisions. Our panel featured two team members from Fraser and Partners who shared how their focus on education and leveraging the multi-faceted skills of internal and external stakeholders adds value to the work they do with their clients. Learn more by registering now for the Meeting of the Minds and enrol in the Designation Program at a special tuition rate, only until June 30.

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Tax Milestones: Prescribed Interest Rates Drop, Deadlines in June

Rounding out the tax filing season 2024, in which  29,894,168 tax returns have been filed up to May 27 (59% by EFILE), the average refund is $2,178 and the average balance due is $7,164.  Compared to 2023, just over 400,000 taxpayers have yet to file. Good news for those who owe:  the prescribed interest rates will fall for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2023.  With the upcoming proprietorship filing deadline of June 17, and the capital gains inclusion rate changes on or after June 25, the clock is ticking on June’s numerous tax filing milestones. Here’s what to discuss:

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July 15 - Deadline to File T2s to Receive Carbon Tax Rebate

Approximately 600,000 incorporated small to medium sized businesses with 499 or fewer employees will be receiving $2.5 billion in Carbon Tax Rebates for the years 2019 to 2024 soon, BUT they must have filed their 2023 T2 tax returns by July 15. There are other important criteria:

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The Final Tax Act: Why 50% Avoid It and What to Do About It

Some things don’t change, despite the two certainties in life:  death and taxes.  What are they?  The preparation of a will and estate planning.  Half of Canadians surveyed five years ago still haven’t done it, according to the Angus Reid Institute, but now there is a compelling trigger to make it happen: the proposed June 25, 2024  increase to the capital gains inclusion rate. Here’s why:

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Acuity 2024: Reach New Professional Heights Among the Stars of Your Industry!

We invite you to connect with Canada’s brightest and 16 of the most accomplished thought leaders in the tax, accounting and financial services industry at the 2024 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors in Montreal November 10-12.  Join us to celebrate, meet and honour your peers from coast-to-coast at the Knowledge Bureau Awards Ceremony on November 10. Check out the detailed online conference agenda designed to help you discover new ways to lead with impactful guidance.

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