In 2024, Ottawa pledged to spend $240 million to cover the costs of Disability Tax Credit application fees. But where is the money?
Category: Finance for All
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Should prediction markets be legal in Canada?
As online prediction markets like Polymarket take off, Canada’s regulatory landscape looks increasingly out of step
Posted inFinance for All
Op-Ed: Judge takes aim at CRA’s ‘unjustified inconsistency’
As a benefits advocate, I have seen how the CRA has been going to the ends of the earth to deny eligibility for the CERB benefit
Posted inPolitics & Policy
CRA’s simplified tax filing system falling short, experts say
Experts say the CRA’s simplified tax filing system is failing low-income Canadians, and that automatic tax filing is no panacea
Posted inCommentary
Op-Ed: Here’s an easy policy to help seniors help themselves
Whichever party wins this election should support further increases in the GIS earnings exemption to support seniors who work
Posted inConsumer
‘A matter of justice’: The taxpayer on the hook for a CRA error
Tax court orders a taxpayer to pay tax on an inflated and erroneous income because he failed to challenge the CRA’s administrative error in time
Posted inFinance for All
Can James, 71, and Valerie, 63, afford to move to a nicer neighbourhood?
James and Valerie wonder whether they have enough saved to travel in retirement and move to a better neighbourhood