Ontario Trillium Benefit
Ontario Trillium BenefitThrough refundable tax credits, the Province provides relief to low- to moderate-income Ontarians for the taxes and energy costs they face. Through the Ontario Trillium Benefit...

New Quarterly Newsletters (Q2 2021)
Two quarterly newsletters have been added—one dealing with personal issues, and one dealing with corporate issues....

Tax assistance for post-secondary education costs (July 2021)
There’s a lot that is still unknown about the upcoming 2021-22 academic year for post-secondary students. It may be that such students will be back on campus, living in residence and once again atte...

Claiming a deduction for summer child care costs (July 2021)
As Canada begins to (slowly) transition back to a pre-pandemic way of life, one of the many opportunities which did not exist last summer is once again a possibility — that of sending the kids to su...

Just a few questions about your tax return … (July 2021)
Between February 8 and June 21 of this year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) received and processed just under 29 million individual income tax returns filed for the 2020 tax year. The sheer volume of...

Creating retirement income from home equity (July 2021)
According to Statistics Canada there were, as of July 2020, just under 7 million Canadians over the age of 65. While the age at which an individual retires can vary a lot (from “Freedom 55” to tho...

Moving expenses — what’s deductible and when (June 2021)
Pandemic notwithstanding, the Canadian real estate market is booming, in terms of both house prices and sales activity. According to Canadian Real Estate Association statistics, the number of sales in...

A mid-year tax check-up on your taxes (June 2021)
By the beginning of June, most Canadians have filed their individual income tax return for the 2020 tax year and received a Notice of Assessment (NOA) outlining their tax position for that year. Those...

Mortgage lending rules tighten effective June 1, 2021 (June 2021)
Over the past decade, the rules governing mortgage lending in Canada have been repeatedly amended, each time to impose more stringent requirements on would-be mortgage borrowers. The latest such chang...

When and how to dispute your 2020 Notice of Assessment (June 2021)
By now, most Canadians have filed their income tax returns for the 2020 taxation year. Specifically, by May 17, 2021, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) had processed just under 27 million individual inc...