Category: "IPP"
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GBL Celebrates Acquisition of McFarlane Amerlee Consulting
Partnership Will Expand GBL’s Reach and Value Proposition to Business Owners and Professional Corporations Calgary, AB: It is with great excitement that GBL announces the acquisition of its industry peer McFarlane Amerlee Consulting, effective January 1st, 2020. Since 1996, McFarlane Amerlee has been a leader in creating Individual Pension Plans (IPPs) for business and professional […]
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RRSP Season: A great opportunity to review alternative planning options such as Individual Pension Plans (IPPs)
During the 1990s, RRSP (or RSP) season was seen primarily as a time where clients would sit down with their Advisor, review their RRSP portfolio, and provide a cheque for their annual contribution. For many, the focus was to make sure that the contribution cheque was received by their financial institution before the last day […]
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All Eyes On The IPP: A Favoured Retirement and Tax Saving Powerhouse for Business Owners and Professional Corporations
“What kind of parallel universe are we living in?” is a question we’ve asked ourselves and our clients over the past 21 months given that actuaries seem to have become the people in the room whom everybody wants to talk to. Actuaries are a cool group, don’t get me wrong, but the attention GBL has […]
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2019 Federal Budget Commentary
The 2019 Federal Budget was released March 19th, 2019 and though it contained a few measures of note, there were far fewer changes that would impact tax planning than we have seen in the previous three years. We saw the introduction of a new refundable tax credit to assist in skill and training upgrades for […]
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2018 Income Tax Planning
Business Owners, IPP, News, RCA
First off, we would like to wish you and your clients a Happy and Prosperous 2018! As we are all aware and unlike our neighbours to the South, combined top Federal and Provincial Income Tax Rates in Canada are near to or over 50%. In addition, the 2018 Federal Budget may penalize many taxpayers with […]
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The Resurgence of the IPP: A Favoured Retirement and Tax Saving Powerhouse
The Good News: Despite tax increases and reduced savings strategies for the top 5% of Canadians, the 2016 personal tax season has ended in Canada…Finally. The Bad News: Now at the end of May, you and your clients are likely feeling the corporate tax pinch. The Ugly News: Tax policy for Business Owners and Professional […]
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The Taxman Cometh: Financial Strategy in an Increasingly Hostile Tax Environment
The perpetual arms race between increasing and decreasing taxes in Canada, alongside the use of strategies that help taxpayers pay less of their hard earned dollars to government coffers date back to the birth of our great country. Keeping said arms race flourishing are changing governments and tax policies. Imagine this: You’re a […]
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2016 Federal Budget: The Middle Class Budget
On the election trail in 2015, the Liberal Party proposed a series of changes to eliminate certain benefits for higher income earners, to focus on cuts to the middle class and to increase spending on infrastructure and other special interest groups. On March 22, 2016 the first steps of this game plan were put into […]
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Alberta Hikes 2015 Personal and Corporate Taxes
Alberta has introduced new tax brackets including a personal top marginal bracket of 15% that will be phased in for the 2015 tax year, and increased the corporate income tax rate to 12% (from 10%) effective July 1, 2015, among other changes. These amendments are consistent with election campaign promises made before Alberta’s election on […]
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Upcoming Changes to BC Pension Legislation
The New Act The new Pension Benefits Standards Act (the New Act) will come into force September 30, 2015 and going forward all pension plans in British Columbia are required to adhere to the New Act. What are the changes for IPPs? Individual Pension Plans (IPPs) are generally set up for connected persons (individuals who […]
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