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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: 115 votes
83.33%
No: 23 votes
16.67%
 

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Weigh In: Is Tax Relief the Right Answer for the Times?

Business owners are struggling and despite the announcement of a new loan program yesterday, is more indebtedness the help that business owners really want at this time?

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Free Event! Feb 3, Meeting of the Minds with the Society of RWM™

Join the Society of Real Wealth Managers™ on February 3rd at 11:30 EST to discuss how to interact and adapt to challenges working with your clients and other financial professionals. The focus is on how to  overcome the technical, ethical, moral and legal issues that can arise when multiple advisors are involved.   

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DAC at a Glance

The 2020 Distinguished Advisor Conference set a high standard for virtual conferences with a unique blend of information, education, inspiration and recreation. We are working  hard to bring DAC back to a live format, October 17-19 in Niagara Falls*, with a great mix of networking activities to celebrate – together! If you register by the February 15 early-bird deadline, you can save $400 on tuition, too! Take a peek at what we’ve got in store for you so far:

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Surprise Reporting Requirements: CEBA Loan Forgiveness

Hundreds of advisors from coast to coast were caught off guard at Knowledge Bureau’s January 20 CE Summit with the news that the forgivable portion of the CEBA loan is taxable when the loan is received.

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Taxation of Employer-Provided Benefits to Change in 2021

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on personal and business lives and continues to do so. Those in the bookkeeping and tax accounting services will need to digest and properly report various pandemic relief provisions including the new detailed information required on new T4 Slips – requirements for all employers, by the way.

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