Tax

Shedding light on the CPP survivor benefit

Explaining a poorly understood mechanism

By Lea Koiv |September 22, 2017

11 min read

Tax proposals to have harmful effects on small biz: CFIB

88% of business owners indicate that the proposed changes will make it more difficult for their small business to grow and create jobs.

By Staff |September 21, 2017

2 min read

Defining a family unit for the principal residence exemption

A reader wrote to ask about this principal residence exemption-related income tax folio, which states: 2.13 For a property to be a taxpayer’s principal residence for a particular year, he or she must designate it as such for the year and no other property may have been so designated by the taxpayer for the year. […]

By Staff |September 20, 2017

2 min read

No to tax on insurance products: poll

Most Saskatchewan voters — 73% — oppose the government’s decision to add PST to a range of insurance products, reveals a poll conducted by Maple Leaf Strategies on behalf of Advocis. Read: Tax on insurance premiums in Saskatchewan coming soon Further, 77% say taxing insurance is “unfair,” and 73% say the tax will cause people […]

By Staff |September 18, 2017

1 min read