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Manulife head office building in Toronto, Canada. Manulife is a Canadian multinational insurance company.

Manulife reports relatively flat income in Q2

Better market performance was offset by sizable loss on sale of debt instruments

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Weakening job market was on BoC’s mind as it cut interest rates

Deliberations summary suggests governing council wants the economy to pick up speed again

Stock market

TMX buys Canadian newswire, filing service

Exchange aims to boost corporate services with deal

Insurance

Great-West Lifeco Q2 net earnings hit $1 billion

Earnings roughly doubled from last year, aided by interest rates and lower expenses

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Advocis owes $2M to its contingency fund

The loan is repayable with interest

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Changes to capital gains tax will rake in $2B less than projected: PBO

The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates $17.4 billion in tax revenues arising from the increased capital gains inclusion rate

Advocis ends 2023 with working capital deficiency but a brighter outlook

Association has made no provision for $2.6 million in ongoing legal claims

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CRA to charge 9% interest on overdue tax through second half of 2024

Prescribed rate for fourth quarter to match third-quarter rate

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IAFP to adopt fiduciary standard for RFP designation holders

Measure to be in place for 2026 renewals

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Challenges planning for revised AMT given proposed CGIR increase

Clients with significant capital gains in 2024 face uncertain tax exposure

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Financial planning app launches behavioural feature to help with goals

Also in this tech roundup: Equisoft partners with Life Design Analysis

Tread carefully

Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients

A company could face 60% tax on unintentional payout of excess amounts from its capital dividend account

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Don’t reimpose foreign asset limits on registered plans, IFIC tells feds

Finance’s qualified investments consultation asked for suggestions on how to promote Canadian investment

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Big banks must boost capital under now-delayed reform

DBRS estimates $27 billion in capital needed to keep ratios at current levels

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Can the feds avoid repeating the bare trust debacle?

Joint tax committee will ask Finance to change the existing legislation

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Employee ownership trusts take shape

Federal government passed new rules and incentives for EOTs in June

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Taxpayers’ Ombud to examine CRA’s bare trust administration

Agency received more than 52,000 bare trust returns for 2023, despite issuing last-minute filing exemption

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Liberal tax promise tracker, post–capital gains edition

A look at the status of major tax proposals from the Trudeau government

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How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?

Trusts must disclose pre- and post-June 25 gains or face negative tax consequences

Red alert

Tax advisors on high alert as revamped GAAR takes effect

The revised anti-avoidance rules represent a shift in the CRA’s approach

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Aging at home benefit, GIS boost among gov’t panel recommendations

The benefit could delay or prevent premature transfers to a long-term care setting, panel says

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FHSA carryforward rules: everything you need to know

RRSPs and TFSAs have different rules, which can be confusing

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‘Stable’ financial state has been achieved, Advocis says

With cash flow stabilized, the national association for financial advisors is planning for recovery

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Legal action coming to recover Covid benefit overpayments: CRA

Actions may include taking payments from wages or bank accounts

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Disability tax credit key to accessing range of benefits

Feds announce that adults with a valid DTC certificate can apply for new dental plan