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Information
This purple tab, four down
on the left side of my
website, includes several
pages that get the most hits
on a daily basis
www.taxdetective.ca/tax.html
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Oct 6, 2025
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Dividends
Corporate dividends are such
a mine field! Back in 2006
when they changed to
eligible and ineligible,
Finance Dept issued
explanatory notes
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Sep 5, 2025
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Tax
Research
If you are a CGA, this one
hour PD session on how to
research tax could make a
difference in your
professional life (if you're
a member of IPBC, this tax
research topic was a webinar
presentation and can be
found in the video archives
for members on the
www.ipbc.ca website)
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Aug 28, 2025
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Summer
2011
Mid summer report on the
past year
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Jul 29, 2025
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HST:
a one hour
webinar
HST conversion is under a
week away and only 50% of
business's in BC have dealt
with transition.
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Jun 25, 2025
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Home
Renovation Tax
Credit
HRTC not as straight forward
as it seems, could be other
opportunities including
double or triple dipping...
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Sep 14, 2025
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Emergency
Preparedness
Week
Update your emergency
preparedness kit this week.
Don't forget to include
important papers. See my
article "One minute you have
it, the next it's gone".
/articles/article/1482041/19870.htm
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May 6, 2025
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It
may not illegal,
(yet) but is it
right?
Don't get taken advantage of
by unscrupulous individuals
claiming they will help you
claim your disability tax
credit and medical expenses
you did not pay for. Don't
pay a percentage of your
refund to anyone.
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Apr 28, 2025
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Financial
Literacy
Financial literacy is the
buzzword for 2009. Flaherty
expressed concern about how
Canadians are not
financially literate in the
2009 federal budget.
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Apr 17, 2025
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Attendant
care and the
DTC
When you claim attendant
care, do you have to be
eligible for the disability
tax credit? Sometimes yes,
sometimes, no, sometimes you
need other certification in
writing.
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Apr 13, 2025
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Students
with a
Disability
Students who qualify for the
DTC not only should be
accessing the RDSP to get
bonds and grants toward
their retirement, they
should be making themselves
aware of other tax credits
and how the scholarships,
bursaries and grants .
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Apr 5, 2026
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Hiring
a caregiver or a
nanny?
Consider the cost of
caregiving and consider the
cost of not complying with
applicable legislation. You
could lose everything by
hiring a caregiver and
paying them cash.
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Feb 24, 2026
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Caregiver
Credits
Before you file your return
this year, and make a claim
for tax credits, please take
a few minutes to learn about
documentation requirements
for various tax credits and
medical expenses.
In 2005, many medical
expenses were amended to
included 'certification in
writing' requirements that
have never been explained to
the taxpaying public. Now
these claims are being
denied and the requirement
for documentation is not
explained in a satisfactory
manner.
Demand answers from your MP
as to why your claims are
denied.
It's time for Finance and
Canada Revenue Agency to
disclose their policies
about claiming tax credits.
We need pro-forma examples
of how to succesfully make a
claim. The department that
processes medical claims
feels that this would mean
they would have less
flexibility in their
approval process. To me,
that means that if they have
any flexibility, it isn't in
our favour. Nothing less
than full disclosure of what
would be considered
acceptable documentation
will suffice.
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Feb 22, 2026
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Budget
2009
Budget 2009
http://www.budget.gc.ca/2009/index.html
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Jan 27, 2026
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RDSP's
- BMO to go
live
It appears that BMO is the
only Canadian bank that will
be activating RDSP accounts
before the end of 2008!
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Dec 15, 2025
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HRDC
Report
Report on Inclusion of
People with Disabilities
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Dec 14, 2025
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TFSA
Information Sheet
now
available
Open an account for each
person who qualifies. Be
careful not to extend a
benefit or take back a note
for a contribution to a non
arms length person's TFSA.
The tax could equal the
amount of the benefit or the
loan.
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Dec 12, 2025
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Tax
Measures proposed in
2008 - follow
up
Proposed tax measures - how
to implement
Make sure you avail yourself
of other assistance in the
form of CMHC grants for
mobility including seniors,
persons with disabilities.
Don't forget about those
garden suites grants either!
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Dec 11, 2025
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Trust
your
instincts.
What is a tax shelter
gifting arrangement?
How do you reduce the risk
of penalties and criminal
prosecution if you
participated in such a
scheme?
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Dec 4, 2025
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This
is too good not to
post
Fund RIF minimum withdrawals
with assets and move
directly to your TFSA (up to
$5,000 per year starting in
2009).
Banks are being told to get
on board by Finance Minister
and given a deadline to
comply.
Capital gains, dividends and
interest income inside the
TFSA will be exempt from
tax.
You will still need to
account for your TFSA
assets, just like those cash
or margin or RRSP, RDSP,
RESP and RRIF accounts. The
investment accounts to
account for list just grew
by another category. Time to
learn about using Quicken?
Buy my book for $20. There's
nothing like it anywhere.
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Nov 20, 2025
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Club: Meets 2nd
Friday at 11
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Nov 19, 2025
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Joint
election to split
pension
income
Taxpayers who receive any
pension, superannuation or
RRSP/RRIF (including life
income fund) annuity
payments that qualify for
the pension income amount
are eligible to split up to
50% of this income with
their spouse or common-law
partner.
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Apr 4, 2026
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Warning:
Pension splitting
for 2007
Pension splitting may bite
back...GIS may be reduced 50
cents on the dollar if
considered single because
involuntarily separated,
care facility cost
calculations based on income
of two years prior...
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Mar 29, 2026
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Provincial
Budget - BC - Income
Tax Measures
Slim pickings...but there
are a few...
Take comfort in the press
release on November 28th
2007 that the new RDSP, if
you can manage to qualify
for the Disability Tax
Credit will not affect your
savings or withdrawals from
PWD...
This year's BC budget was
not about persons with
disabilities
http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2008/bfp/default.html#34
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Feb 20, 2026
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Tax
Free $2,300 Child
Disability
Amount
Child with a Disaiblity in
your family? There are
benefits and claims you may
not have actioned because
you did not know that the
threshold increased
significantly!!
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Feb 14, 2026
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BC
PST News
Recent changes and notices
concerning the BC Social
Service Tax Act.
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Oct 29, 2025
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What's
New this
Spring?
Budget 2007 - Disability
Savings Plan modelled on
Registered Education Savings
Plan with matching grants
and bonds!
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Mar 24, 2026
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RBC
Royal Bank
Mortgages
Once again the banks don't
calculate mortgages
correctly. If you are
concerned about your
mortgage interest
calculations, make sure you
ask your accountant to check
your bank's mortgage
calculations. This is not
the first time I have seen a
notice like this where the
bank has not calculated the
interest on loans and
mortgages correctly.
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Feb 6, 2026
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BC
Provincial Budget
2005
MSP Premiums Assistance
threshold increased to
$20,000. BC Tax Reduction
will reduce or eliminate
provincial tax for 730,000
British Columbians
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Feb 17, 2026
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ICBC
Rebate
If you have qualified for
the Provincial Gas Tax
Refund because of a
disability, you might
qualify for an ICBC discount
on your insurance!!
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Feb 17, 2026
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BC
Corporations Take
Note!!
Don't ignore dissolution
notices as there are
automatic winding up
dividends to shareholders.
March 2004 new BC
Corporations Act requires
all companies to transition
by March 2006.
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Feb 16, 2026
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