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:

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: 115 votes
83.33%
No: 23 votes
16.67%
 

Cast Your Vote

Knowledge Bureau Launches Industry Leading Online Education Portal

National Financial Education Institute Knowledge Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of its new virtual campus: learn.knowledgebureau.com.  The mission of the second campus, which complements the Specialized Credentials offered through www.knowledgebureau.com, will focus on an expanded curriculum of short professional courses available by subscription, especially designed for entrepreneurial advisors in search of both technical and business education.

Read More

DAC Acuity 2022: Featuring Insights from Top Canadian Knowledge Experts

This year’s thought leaders will be taking the stage at DAC Acuity 2022, October 16-18 in Niagara Falls to discuss the theme “Velocity: How to Gain Momentum in the New Economy”, and this is your unique opportunity to grow your business with innovative insight from the top Canadian Knowledge experts in tax, accounting and finance. We invite you to join us for a combination of great networking, and the serious work of understanding the trends and strategies that lead to sound decision-making with your clients in the current environment. RSVP now, and take advantage of early-bird tuition rates – only until August 31.

Read More

Prescribed Interest Rates Rise To 3%

Owing money to CRA has just gotten a lot more expensive.  If you owe, you’ll pay interest at a rate of 7% effective October to December.   This represents an additional 1% increase over the July to August quarter which was, in turn, a 1% increase over the rate for the previous quarter.

Read More

Legislative Proposals Released: New Details on a Multitude of Tax Provisions

Just over four months after the April 7th Budget, the Government released a large package of draft legislative proposals on August 9th.  They include details on the following provisions, which will be discussed in detail at the September 21st CE Summits. 

Read More

New Growing Demographic Requires Business Policy Changes

The 2021 Census has pointed to a growing new demographic advisors must take note of or risk losing a client base that can have significant lifetime value.  How well you embrace the transgender or non-binary demographic can make a big difference but it requires unique practice management changes.  Here’s what you need to know:

Read More