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Inheritance and the Canadian Taxpayer

While Inheritance is Non-taxable, A Word of Caution Inheritances are non-taxable for Canadian taxpayers regardless of whether or not the inheritance comes from a Canadian citizen or a foreign citizen. This non-taxable tax treatment is also consistent regardless of whether or not the inheritance is straight cash, a summer house, a rental building or shares of a company. Before you

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A Refresher – When to Incorporate Your Business

When to Incorporate We recently published a blog post on small business corporate tax rates in British Columbia heading downwards to 11.5% on the first $500,000 by 2019. This reflects a 15% reduction in taxes from the current 13.5%. Considering that taxes are a big-ticket expense item for businesses, a 15% reduction is a huge discount. However, upcoming corporate tax rate

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Late Tax Returns & Getting Mortgage or Credit

If I Ignore CRA’s Request to File Outstanding Returns – Tales of Two Taxpayers – submitted by Lilly Woo, CA, CFE, CFP It has been a strange summer for me. As the 2014 tax season came to an end on April 30, 2015, I was relieved as always and mentally plan for the lazy summer I wanted to enjoy. Then

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