Keyword: Government benefits

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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to lower the government's eligibility requirements for Canadians needing help to care for a sick loved one.

Wealthy clients have the most to gain from the Conservative Party’s tax plan, while middle-class families will get a bigger boost from Liberal Party policies. Find out why.

  • By: Staff
  • June 23, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 12:16

Details of the independent corporation that would manage a provincial pension plan were in Ontario’s budget April 24.

  • By: Staff
  • April 24, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 09:48

More TFSA contribution room and smaller mandatory RRIF withdrawals were the big headlines coming out of yesterday’s federal budget.

  • By: Staff
  • April 22, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 14:24

The federal government is planning to make the Family Tax Cut permanent, but a busy Parliamentary agenda could scuttle it.

For clients who don’t have any reportable income, or who are taking care of eligible dependants, that they should file tax returns anyways.

  • By: Staff
  • April 1, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 14:58

Business and labour groups are arguing over whether Ontario’s proposed provincial pension plan will be a bane or a boon to the province.

  • By: Staff
  • March 25, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 15:00

The federal government’s spousal income-splitting plan has already come under criticism for disproportionately benefiting high-income families, but there are other problems with the tax break.

  • By: Staff
  • March 18, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 14:00

Like the federal government's pledge to introduce income-splitting for couples with children under 18, the Conservative's promise to double the contribution room for TFSAs is also coming under criticism for mainly benefiting the wealthy.

  • By: Staff
  • February 25, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 10:39

Ontario’s debt has grown by $117 billion since the recession, largely because of government borrowing to fund day-to-day expenses.

  • By: Staff
  • February 4, 2015 August 21, 2018
  • 10:00