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...
When you are turning 71 – the big RRSP decision (June 2018)
For several generations, reaching one’s 65th birthday marked the
transition from working life to full retirement, and, usually,
receipt of a monthly employee pension, along with
government-spons...
Getting tax relief for the cost of getting around (June 2018)
It’s something of an article of faith among Canadians that, as
temperatures rise in the spring, gas prices rise along with them.
Whether that’s the case every year or not, this year statis...
Deciphering your Notice of Assessment (June 2018)
By the middle of May 2018, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) had
processed just over 26 million individual income tax returns filed
for the 2017 tax year. Just over 14 million of those returns
resulted ...
Claiming a deduction for moving expenses (June 2018)
While the Canadian real estate market seems, by all accounts, to
have retreated from the record pace it was setting in 2017, there
is still plenty of activity. According the statistics released by
the...
New Quarterly Newsletters (May 2018)
Two quarterly newsletters have been added—one dealing with personal
issues, and one dealing with corporate issues....
Managing debt in a rising interest rate environment (May 2018)
For almost a decade now, Canadians have been living, and borrowing,
in an ultra-low interest rate environment. As of the end of April
2018, the bank rate (from which commercial interest rates are
deri...
Claiming a deduction for summer child care costs (May 2018)
The arrival of warmer weather signals both the start of spring and
the approaching end of the school year. For many families, it also
means the need to begin researching the availability of suitable
c...
Avoiding (or minimizing) the OAS clawback (May 2018)
There are a number of income sources available to Canadians in
retirement. Those who participated in the work force during their
adult life will have contributed to the Canada Pension Plan and
will be...
Fixing a mistake in your tax return (May 2018)
By the end of April 2018, more than 20 million individual income
tax returns for the 2017 tax year will have been filed with the
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). And, inevitably, some of those returns
wil...
Making a payment arrangement with the CRA (April 2018)
Virtually no one looks forward to dealing with the need to file a
tax return each spring, and while some of that reluctance is
undoubtedly due to the complexity of our tax system, there’s
anothe...
Reporting the sale of your principal residence (April 2018)
The reach of Canada’s system is broad – residents of Canada are
taxed on their world-wide income, and the income or capital amounts
that escape the Canadian tax net are few and far between...
Last-minute tax filing strategies (April 2018)
While everyone knows that the best results are obtained when tax
and financial planning take place on an ongoing basis, the reality
is that most Canadians focus on their tax situation only once a
year...
Paying the taxman – when and how (April 2018)
The rules surrounding income tax are complicated and it can seem
that for every rule there is an equal number of exceptions or
qualifications. There is, however, one rule which applies to every
indivi...
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