Insights

If you make an investment loan to your spouse, common-law partner, minor child or a family trust for them, the investment income from investing the loan proceeds will be taxed in your hands, rather than in the hands of the family member who received the loan, unless certain rules are followed.

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) enhancements announced in 2016 will be gradually phased in over six years.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a new free trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, will be one of the largest of its kind in the world.

The federal government recently made a move to levy carbon taxes on fuel in provinces that have not created robust carbon tax plans of their own.

Tax Facts 2018 provides you with a summary of 2018 personal income tax rates and amounts, as well as corporate tax rates based on announcements made to October 1, 2018. 

The 2018 Federal budget contained a proposal with respect to the foreign reporting form of foreign affiliates and controlled foreign affiliates that didn’t garner a lot attention, but it may have significant compliance impacts for Canadian companies with foreign affiliates.

No matter what type of retail business you operate, you need to understand your Canadian sales tax obligations.

Normally, you want to choose RRSP investments that maximize returns and stay within your risk tolerance.

Both Health and Welfare Trusts (HWTs) and Employee Life and Health Trusts (ELHTs) are vehicles that can be used to provide eligible members with specific benefits.