Most Canadians only think about tax once a year, in the scramble before the April deadline. By then, the year is closed and the chances to lower the bill are mostly gone. Personal tax planning is the opposite approach: making deliberate decisions through the year so...
Headlines through 2026 have made it sound like tax filing in Canada is about to become optional. The Canada Revenue Agency is rolling out automatic filing, the coverage says, and millions of Canadians will soon have their returns handled for them. For a business owner...
A non-resident who sells a Canadian rental condo or a stake in a private Canadian company often assumes the tax follows them to wherever they now live. It does not. Some assets stay tied to Canada’s tax system no matter where the owner has moved, and selling one...
Every incorporated business in Canada files a T2 return once a year. That part is mechanical. What separates a corporation that simply complies from one that keeps more of its earnings is everything that happens in the eleven months before that return is filed. This...
Most Canadians only think about tax once a year, in the scramble between receiving their slips and the April deadline. By then, the decisions that actually move your tax bill have already been made. The RRSP contribution you did or did not make, the way you paid...
