Personal Tax Archives

Taxation of stock options for Canadian employees clarified.

Français Did you receive stock options from your Canadian employer? If yes, then it’s highly recommended that you go over the points in this article. In this article, I explain how the “Taxation of Stock Options for Employees in Canada” directly affects you.

New Tax Rate for the Canada Pension Plan (2016)

The Federal Government is going to be taking more money from your paycheck and putting it towards the Canada Pension Plan. In doing this, their goal is to help support retired Canadians by giving them access to more retirement income.

8 Ways to Reduce Taxes In Canada

With the due date for Canadian taxes quickly approaching, have you ever wondered “how can I reduce my taxes?”. Read further to learn about how you can save the right way.

Payroll taxes for Canadians temporarily working in the U.S.

Are you a Canadian planning on temporarily working in the United States and are worried about how your payroll will be taxed? Learn about a strategy that will help you prevent double taxation and save your hard earned money along the way.

How to Reduce Your Taxes on RRSP Withdrawals

Do you have a significant amount of money in your RRSPs and are concerned about the high tax you will have to pay once you liquidate them? Read more to learn a useful strategy to liquidate your RRSPs today without having to pay tax and grow your savings tax efficiently.

How to Choose Your Next Tax Preparer

Tax season is fast approaching and in efforts to gain your business, tax preparers may promise you big refunds, some of which are valid and others that are red flags. Read further to learn about the things you should consider and what to watch out for.

Trust No Accountant

Sanjeey Khatter, like many Canadians today, was in the dark as to how to file his taxes. Therefore he took on a tax preparer to assist him with his financial needs. What occurred after was an unfortunate mixture of poor judgment and severe carelessness.

Early tax preparation tips to avoid last-minute stress.

Are you frustrated during tax season trying to get all your receipts together? Your tax return can only be as organized and accurate as you prepare for it whether you are filing it yourself or with a professional. Here is what you can do now to get organized and make tax season easier.

Tax Tips for Young Professionals

Are you a young professional that’s just starting to handle your own finances? Now that you’re making more money than when you were in college, what do you do with it all? How do you plan on saving it and spending it? In this video, I will reveal some essential tips you should consider towards … Continue reading

Tax Tips for Fresh Grads

If you have just finished school, and are just starting out your professional life, you might be wondering what tax strategies and credits you should take advantage of. Learn about some of the basic things you should consider.

3 Tax Savings Strategies for 2015

Prime Minister Trudeau promised that taxes will be going up for the rich and going down for the middle class in Canada at the start of 2016. Read further to learn about the top 3 tax savings strategies that you can take advantage of by the end of the year.

Top Tax Savings Strategies Webinar

Did you miss our webinar for our top tax saving strategies? We have recorded the session and you can still catch it here! In this Webinar we review our top tax saving strategies that you should take advantage of before the end of 2015.

2015 Year End Tax Strategies

2016 is just around the corner. Find out the 2015 tax savings strategies that you need to take advantage of before the end of the year.

Transferring Capital Losses to a Spouse

Do you buy and sell stocks, bonds or mutual funds? Have you ever been in a situation where you have gained and your spouse has losses? There is a way that you can use your spouse’s losses to offsets your gains and save on tax by transferring capital losses to a spouse. We may have … Continue reading

How to defer capital gains tax with section 85 rollover

If section 85 didn’t exist what would happen? Without the rollover, a sole proprietor would sell their assets to a corporation for current market value instead of initial purchase price. This would result in the proprietor paying taxes on the assets difference in value. The sole proprietor is only trying to transferhis or her own … Continue reading

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