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Helping Your Kids Get Ahead: Make Tax Literacy a Life Skill As the school year kicks off, many families focus on classroom supplies and new routines—but one of the most valuable lessons your child can…

Employee Loans - What Employers Need to Know  If you’re an employer offering small, short-term loans to your team—or an employee who’s received one—there’s some good news from the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) that could…

Government Offers Temporary Tax Relief for Businesses Impacted by Tariffs On March 21, 2025, the Government of Canada introduced temporary interest relief measures aimed at helping businesses manage cash flow considering new tariff impacts. These…

Why is the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) ramping up tax audits in the construction industry? One thing that you can always count on is for governments to ramp up audit and tax collection activity after…

Simplified Method for Claiming Meal and Vehicle Travel Expenses When it comes to claiming travel expenses on your taxes, the process doesn't have to be complicated. Whether you’re moving, or traveling for medical reasons, there…

How to write off my vehicle in my small business? As we head into 2025, there are a few updates around vehicle-related deductions and benefit rates that could impact your business. The federal government has…

Want to Keep Getting CRA Mail on Paper but Don’t Use My Business Account? Here’s How The CRA is switching all businesses to online mail by default starting May 12 (new accounts) and June 16…

Nova Scotia HST Reduction - Effective April 1, 2025 If you have customers in Nova Scotia, be aware that the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) rate drops from 15% to 14% today, April 1, 2025. This…

Great News: Extra Time to Make Charitable Donations for Your 2024 Taxes If you’re planning to make a charitable donation and want to claim it on your 2024 personal tax return, you now have more…

How to Optimize your Tax in Challenging Times Canada has been unofficially in various states of recession since at least the fall of 2023, but with the US tariff war upon us (and then “off…

CRA Announces Temporary Penalty Relief for Taxpayers Amid Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Delay The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has introduced penalty and interest relief measures in response to the deferred implementation of the capital gains…

How to Confirm If the CRA Is Really Calling You With phone scams on the rise, it’s more important than ever to verify who’s on the other end of the line—especially if they claim to…