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What to do when you can’t pay your tax bill (April 2021)

Most taxpayers sit down to do their annual tax return, or wait to hear from their tax return preparer, with some degree of trepidation....

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Paying the taxman – when and how (April 2021)

Our tax system is, for the most part, a mystery to individual Canadians. The rules surrounding income tax are complicated and it can ...

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Last-minute tax filing strategies—the timing of medical and charitable tax credit claims (April 2021

By the time most Canadians sit down to organize their various tax slips and receipts and undertake to complete their tax return for 2020,...

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When CERB benefits don’t have to be repaid (April 2021)

When the pandemic was declared just over a year ago, the federal government announced a wide range of benefits to help mitigate the ...

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What’s new on the 2020 tax return? (March 2021)

While the obligation to file a tax return recurs annually, that return form is never exactly the same from year to year. Tax brackets ...

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When and how to file this year’s tax return (March 2021)

Each year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) publishes a statistical summary of the tax filing patterns of Canadians during the previous ...

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Taking advantage of pension income splitting (March 2021)

Income tax is a big-ticket item for most retired Canadians. Especially for those who are happily free of the requirement to make ...

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Taking advantage of pension income splitting (March 2021)

Income tax is a big-ticket item for most retired Canadians. Especially for those who are happily free of the requirement to make ...

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Paying the piper - the taxation of pandemic benefits (March 2021)

Over the past month, millions of Canadians have received what was probably an unexpected (and unwelcome) communication from the Canada ...