October 14, 2019
In most cases, the need to seek out and obtain legal services (and to pay for them) is associated with life’s more unwelcome occurrences and experiences […]
October 14, 2019
As the baby boom generation ages, members of that generation must switch their focus from the accumulation of retirement savings to creating a structure which will […]
October 14, 2019
When parents separate and divorce, it is frequently the case that they are able to agree on an arrangement to share custody of their children. Such […]
September 14, 2019
Canadians are fortunate to benefit from a publicly funded health care system, in which most costs of care ranging from routine visits to a family doctor […]
September 14, 2019
By now, news of yet another data breach resulting in unauthorized access to personal information — especially financial information — has become so frequent as to […]
September 14, 2019
In this year’s Budget, the federal government announced the creation of a program — the First-time Home Buyers’ Incentive, or FTHBI, to provide assistance to individuals […]
August 12, 2019
Raising children is expensive and, in recognition of that fact, the federal government has, for more than half a century, provided financial assistance to parents to […]
August 12, 2019
An increasing number of Canada’s baby boomers are moving into retirement with each passing year and, for most of those baby boomers, retirement looks a lot […]
August 12, 2019
As the summer starts to wind down, both students returning to their colleges and universities and those just starting their post-secondary education must focus on the […]
July 7, 2019
In this year’s Budget, the federal government introduced a new program – the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI), to help qualifying first-time home buyers get into […]
July 7, 2019
The most recent estimate issued by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is that close to half a million homes will be sold in Canada during […]
July 7, 2019
A generation ago, retirement was an event. Typically, an individual would leave the work force completely at age 65 and begin collecting Canada Pension Plan and […]
July 7, 2019
Sometime during the month of July several thousand Canadians will receive an unexpected, unfamiliar, and probably unwelcome piece of correspondence from the Canada Revenue Agency. That […]
June 26, 2019
Most Canadians have now filed their individual income tax return for the 2018 tax year and received a Notice of Assessment outlining their tax position for […]
June 26, 2019
It’s the financial “achievement” no one wants to have, but Canadians keep setting new records when it comes to the size of their household debt. And, […]
June 26, 2019
It would be entirely reasonable for Canadians seeking to buy their first home to feel that the odds are very much against them, for a number […]
June 26, 2019
By May 20, 2019, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) had processed just over 27 million individual income tax returns filed for the 2018 tax year. Just […]
May 24, 2019
For the majority of Canadians, the due date for filing of an individual tax return for the 2018 tax year was Tuesday April 30, 2019. (Self-employed […]
May 24, 2019
The deadline for payment of all individual income taxes owed for the 2018 tax year was April 30, 2019. For all individuals except the self-employed and […]
May 24, 2019
As every Canadian driver knows, gas prices seem to rise every spring, seemingly in lockstep with the warmer weather. This year, that annual trend has been […]