Income Tax: bank fees investment
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Banks Are Winning No Matter What
In the course of doing taxes I see many financial statement about investment and earnings. RRSP statements, Stock transactions, capital gains statements etc. Each time you do a stock transaction (buy or sell) your bank or brokerage firm takes a commission/fee out of your account. To my understanding it only takes few clicks of computer keyboard to complete any stock transaction. For that service, your stock broker will charge you any where from $100-$300.
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Income Tax: Green Card IRS US Tax
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Want to Avoid Tax? Denounce your Citizenship!
An increasing number of US citizens and green card holders want to give up their green cards or US citizenship after the country’s heavy budgetary deficit and a drive to trace unreported income through tighter tax laws and disclosure norms.
Tax laws in the US empower the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to tax global incomes of those holding US citizenships or the green card. According to reports published internationally, more »
Canada Revenue Agency Income Tax Tax Fraud
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A “human being” is fined $43,830 for tax evasion
In a recent news release CRA officials notified that James Bradford Medd 67, (a human being) was found guilty in Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay on Sept. 21 on four counts each of Income Tax and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion, relating to tax years 2003 through 2006.
On Wednesday (Sept. 29), he was fined $43,830, and given one year to pay the fine.
The CRA investigation into his bank and business records stemmed from a routine audit and included an execution of a search warrant at his residence. more »
Canada Revenue Agency Income Tax: EI Income Tax payroll tax
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Payroll Tax Increase is cheered by Canadian Businesses
How do you get thumbs up from both business and labour leaders after announcing an increase in payroll tax?
Consult the stunt by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
For months it has been reported that the EI (Employment Insurance) premium for employer and employee will increase by 21 cents and 15 cents for every $100 starting January 1, 2011.
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Canada Revenue Agency HST Income Tax: CRA Tax
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Tax Relief in Budget 2010
In his 2010 budget speech the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance declared “Reducing the tax burden on Canadian families and businesses through a more efficient and fairer tax system helps support Canada’s economic recovery.”
Here are some tax measures that will help families and businesses to reduce their annual tax burden:
Provide for the sharing of the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) and the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) in cases of shared custody.
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