Middle class remains the key focus for Ottawa
The federal government is putting significant efforts behind training Canadians for the jobs of the future
- By: Pablo Fuchs
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 18:40
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Some boutique tax credits to be eliminated
Budget 2017 puts the public transit tax credit, the deduction on employee home-relocation loans and others on the chopping block
- By: Megan Harman
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 18:20
Higher Saskatchewan sales tax in budget that eats away at deficit
The plan is to balance the budget in three years
- By: Jennifer Graham
- March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017
- 18:15
Budget 2017: Five boutique tax credits eliminated
Debbie Pearl-Weinberg, executive director, Tax & Estate Planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies Group, reports on five boutique tax credits eliminated in the 2017 federal budget.
- By: Debbie Pearl-Weinberg
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:40
Budget 2017: Changes to tax structures on private corporations
Debbie Pearl-Weinberg, executive director, Tax & Estate Planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies Group, reports on 2017 federal budget changes to the tax structures on private corporations.…
- By: Debbie Pearl-Weinberg
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:30
Feds to extend rules governing mutual fund mergers
The proposed rules will also apply to segregated funds
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:20
Budget proposes clarification of “factual control”
The proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act aim to address the decision in a recent court case that may have limited the scope of…
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:15
Budget targets tax treatment of derivatives
The government is proposing a rule targeting so-called “straddle” transactions, as well as allowing mark-to-market elections when derivatives are held on an income account
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:10
Ottawa proposes to extend anti-avoidance rules to RESPs and RDSPs
The proposal would improve the consistency of the tax rules governing registered plans and won’t affect the vast majority of RESP and RDSP holders, the…
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 17:05
Ottawa aims to step up fight against tax evasion, money laundering
The budget announced plans for a new national strategy to improve access to information for law enforcement about the people behind corporations and other legal…
- By: James Langton
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:50
Feds to invest up to $400 million in “late-stage” venture capital
The new Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative could also generate as much as $1.5 billion in total new funding, depending on the extent of private sector…
- By: James Langton
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:45
Metals and utility stocks push TSX higher
Wall Street recoups some losses
- By: Linda Nguyen
- March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017
- 16:45
Budgetary deficits remain as expected
But while the national debt is expected to rise during the next few years, the debt/GDP ratio is expected to decline slightly during this time
- By: Catherine Harris
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:40
Feds eliminate Canada Savings Bonds program
CSBs represents $5 billion of total federal market debt vs more than $50 billion during their height in the 1980s
- By: Pablo Fuchs
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:35
New measures target financial services sector stability
The federal government will propose legislation to formally designate the CDIC as the resolution authority for banks and to reinforce OSFI’s authority
- By: James Langton
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:25
Feds clarify, expand notable tax credits
Budget 2017 proposes to replace the three existing caregiver credits with a single, new, non-refundable Canada caregiver credit to make the system less complex
- By: Megan Harman
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:20
Professionals will no longer be able to use billed-based accounting
Doctors, accountants, lawyers and others will now be required to include the value of work in progress when filing their income taxes
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:15
Ottawa targeting life insurers’ tax practices
The federal budget proposes new rules to ensure that Canadian life insurers are paying the appropriate taxes in Canada and not shifting their income to…
- By: Megan Harman
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:10
Budget 2017: Changes to RESPs and RDSPs
Debbie Pearl-Weinberg, executive director, Tax & Estate Planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies Group, explains changes to tax and investment strategies allowed in RESPs and RDSPs. Weinberg…
- By: Debbie Pearl-Weinberg
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 16:00
Spending initiatives are constrained in Budget 2017
The budget includes plans to spend $9.2 billion over the next five years on health care, indigenous peoples, veterans, safety and security and international measures
- By: Catherine Harris
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 15:45
“Unprecedented uncertainty” in high-end real estate market, Sotheby’s says
Recent policy changes from federal, provincial and municipal governments remain “wild cards”
- By: Alexandra Posadzki
- March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017
- 11:30
Cash strapped federal budget likely more policy document than spending plan
The budget comes at a time when Ottawa has very little room to introduce new spending
- By: Joanna Smith
- March 22, 2017 November 9, 2019
- 06:30
U.S. retail brokerage competition intensifies: report
Further consolidation could alter current industry dynamics
- By: James Langton
- March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017
- 06:00
Five things to look for in the federal budget
If Canada is staying in deficit mode, how big will the shortfalls be?
- By: Andy Blatchford
- March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017
- 05:15
TSX pulls back more than 129 points
Wall Street sees red across main indices
- By: Linda Nguyen
- March 21, 2017 March 21, 2017
- 16:25