Knowledge Bureau Report
LEARN MORE. EARN MORE. SHARE MORE.

Real Tax News Podcast 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:

March 2025 Poll

In your view, has CRA improved its services to clients and tax preparers this year?
Yes: 1 votes
3.45%
No: 28 votes
96.55%
 

Cast Your Vote

Poll Results: Taxable RPP Benefits Should be Averaged

Our November Poll asked our readers to reflect on the tax consequences of deemed dispositions on terminal returns, specifically for RPP pension recipients and over 75% were in agreement with this question:   “Registered Pension Plan contributions are added to income in full on final returns of singles or widows/widowers. Would it be fairer to average this lump sum over the 24-month period prior to death?”  Some of your comments follow:

Read More

Bring New Knowledge to Retirement Planning

The First Annual Virtual Pension Conference for CCPCs hosted by Knowledge Bureau and Integris and sponsored by Richardson Wealth took place on November 30 with rave reviews! Check out some of the golden nugget moments experienced by the event’s virtual attendees.  It might  just inspire you to learn more and share your knowledge with your clients by signing up for the Personal Pension Planning certificate course.

Read More

Evergreen Explanatory Notes: Answer to Tax Questions in one Click

Do you have complex tax questions difficult to find on the CRA website?  Are you too busy for long wait times on the phone with CRA?  At Knowledge Bureau we have a great solution to help you save time and money and answer more tax questions from your clients with confidence.  Plus, it links directly to all pertinent CRA forms, guides, folios, the Income Tax Act and much more!

Read More

Free Food: Register by Dec 15 for January 19 T1 Advanced Tax Update

Trouble finding qualified help for tax season?  Canada’s most comprehensive and popular advanced personal tax update is now taking registrations for the January 19 Virtual event featuring what our delegate call the “Tax Bible” – the comprehensive desk top reference coveted by tax and accounting professionals from coast to coast.  Train new and returning  staff in a new and improved hybrid live and online course that will help you to shake out the cobwebs and drill down on the detailed tax theory  or “dark horses” as well as all news from CRA and Finance Canada for filing 2021 tax returns.   Register by December 15 and receive a free lunch!

Read More

New Realities: 2022 Tax Brackets Rise but So Does Inflation

Canada’s personal amounts and benefits will increase by 2.4% for 2022, a significant jump over past years’ rates. Canadians can now earn more before reaching the top of their tax brackets and benefit from higher income testing thresholds, too. This is a great trigger for planning, particularly for retirees. But here’s the bad news: this indexation rate does not come close to the recent rise in the cost of food, transportation and shelter. 

Read More