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All about dividend taxation

Ask an average person what a dividend is and, if they don’t know, they’ll at least say it’s something positive. For the most part, they’d be right. Dividends are distributions of a corporation’s after-tax earnings to its shareholders. They’re optional to distribute, but corporations often use them to entice or pay shareholders. Dividend taxation can […]

By Stephanie Dietz |April 13, 2017

4 min read

Everything you need to know about fee deductibility

Learn which investment fees are deductible and how those fees are treated by CRA in various structures, funds and accounts.

By Staff |April 13, 2017

1 min read

CRA charges stock promoter who avoided multimillion-dollar tax bill

CRA reports that Damien Reynolds, a 49-year-old dual citizen of Canada and Australia, was charged on April 4, 2017, with fraud under section 380 of the Criminal Code and with tax evasion under section 327 of the Excise Tax Act. Reynolds is a mining industry consultant and stock promoter based in Vancouver. Read: Montréal man […]

By Staff |April 5, 2017

2 min read

How new Principal Residence Exemption rules affect trusts

The new rules around trusts will cause “the most consternation for planners"

By Melissa Shin |April 4, 2017

6 min read