Created in 1957, the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is the best known and most widely used of all tax-sheltered savings methods. RRSPs allow taxpayers to invest for their retirement by deferring income taxes on both the invested capital...
It used to be that if an individual didn’t travel, didn’t drive, or lost their license due to age, you didn’t worry about maintaining their identification. That is no longer the case. Maintaining valid provincial or federal photo id is...
Each year many Canadians rush to complete their taxes in an effort to gain back hard earned dollars that CRA has been holding onto - interest free.
However, in this rush many Canadians forget to include many important tax slips, and this can cause...
CBC News Posted Dec 31, 2016
There were plenty of changes in 2016 as the Trudeau government put its priorities in motion. When Canadians file their taxes this spring, they'll calculate how new tax rates and child benefits...
At the November 2016 Canadian Tax Foundation Conference, CRA told attendees that paying registered plan fees from non-registered, or open, accounts, will incur a tax penalty equivalent to the fee. Over the next year we will be sure to...
Part of our wealth management practice involves understand how best to shelter, protect and transfer wealth. Not only do we rely on market instruments to help us with this, we also look to the insurance world to help do so.
Over the last year...
To help with your 2015 tax filing we have attached a guide outlining the mailing deadlines for various slips you may receive (page 4). This guide also provides an excellent description of the slips, and the information that they contain.
Complete...
Owning US securities
US family members in the Canadian family-owned business
Canadians transferred to the US US estate tax exposure for US citizens living in Canada
Canadians living in the United States US estate tax exposure for Canadians
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