Ontario’s minimum wage is increasing to $11.25 per hour, up from the $11 per hour it has been since June 2014. For students $10.55 per hour, up from the $10.30. This rate applies to students under the age of 18 who work 28 hours a week or less when school is in session, or work Read more about Ontario’s minimum wage increasing as of Thursday to $11.25[…]
Call it income splitting-lite. The version of the family tax credit announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last October was a tweaked version of a family income-splitting announcement he’d first made in the throes of the 2011 election campaign. Read more……
Canadians across the country are falling victim to a phone scam where the fraudster poses as an agent with the Canada Revenue Agency. People are told they owe tax money and must pay up. CBC News – CRA phone scams
To help ensure that employers understand their obligations and that employees know their rights, the Minister of Labour has prepared and published an Employment Standards Poster entitled “Employment Standards in Ontario”. Employers are required to post the most recent version (6.0) of the Employment Standards Poster published by the Minister of Labour in the workplace Read more about Ontario Employment Standard Poster[…]
Many individuals have huge medical costs which they cannot deduct to certain limits personally as both spouses’ taxable income are high. You can use “Private Health Service Plan” (PHSP) to make your medical expenses fully deductible. If you have an incorporated business or a partnership you qualify. You could be a single one-person business or have Read more about Claim Your Personal Medical Expenses in Business[…]
A wealthy Victoria, B.C., family paid virtually no tax over a span of eight years – and even obtained federal and provincial tax credits – while being involved in an offshore tax “sham” developed by one of the country’s most respected accounting firms, the Canada Revenue Agency alleges. Read more….