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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…

CRA Online Mail Since our firm does not monitor or manage CRA online mail for any of our clients, this page will provide you with guidance on staying up to date with online letters and…

Capital Gains Rate Increase Deferred to January 1, 2026 Read the Government’s announcement here. In a welcome, but highly ridiculous, show of Liberal incompetence, the federal government has announced a delay in the planned increase…

Gord McFarlane, FCA, FCPA, CBV, Joins Achen Henderson CPAs as President of McFarlane Transition Advisors Calgary, AB — January 27, 2025 — Achen Henderson CPAs is proud to announce a major milestone in our continued…

CRA Online Mail: What Canadian Taxpayers and Businesses Need to Know The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is increasingly shifting its communication practices toward online mail, making it the default method for delivering correspondence to taxpayers…

Celebrating Our Community: A Recap of Our 2024 Appreciation Event On November 14, 2024, we had the immense pleasure of hosting an Appreciation Event at our Calgary office. This gathering was a special opportunity for…

2024 Personal Tax Planning Tips for Canadians  As we approach the end of 2024, it’s an ideal time for Canadians to assess their finances and explore strategies to maximize tax savings before the year closes.…

Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Increase Might Not Happen The possibility that the proposed increase in the capital gains inclusion rate, as well as the increase in the lifetime capital gains exemption to $1.25M, may not…