2024 Federal Budget Commentary
On April 16, 2024, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, presented Budget 2024 – Fairness for...
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Charles Rotenberg
Mar 29, 202316 min read
Budget 2023
This afternoon, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2023 Budget. There has been a lot of talk in recent days about help for...
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Charles Rotenberg
Feb 22, 20236 min read
HOUSING CRISIS
We hear a lot these days about the housing crisis. There is no question that there is an affordable housing crisis, but, as usual,...
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Charles Rotenberg
Dec 5, 20225 min read
T'IS THE SEASON
Another tax year has flown by, and it is time to consider some year-end tax planning. The good news is that the Government has not raised...
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Charles Rotenberg
Nov 4, 20224 min read
MEMO
This afternoon, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the Fall Economic and Fiscal Statement. Although there have been times that the...
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Charles Rotenberg
May 20, 20222 min read
YES, YOU CAN STILL SPLIT INCOME
Many of you have been reading my newsletters for years and have read many postings from me about family income splitting using low rate...
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Charles Rotenberg
Apr 7, 202213 min read
Federal Budget 2022
This afternoon Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 Federal Budget. This is the first Budget since the last election and...
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Charles Rotenberg
Dec 22, 20215 min read
T'IS THE (TAX PLANNING) SEASON
Just as the days and weeks seem to have flown by since the lockdowns started in March 2020, another tax year has flown by as well, and it...
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Charles Rotenberg
Nov 9, 20214 min read
PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MEME CHOSE
This is really just an update to a newsletter that I sent out in May, 2020. The Good News Many of you have read my numerous articles over...
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Charles Rotenberg
Jul 21, 20213 min read
CLARIFICATION IS NOT TO CLARIFY THINGS - IT IS TO PUT ONESELF IN THE CLEAR
This quote from Sir Humphrey Appleby, the fictional Permanent Secretary and then Cabinet Secretary in the British series Yes Minister and...
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Charles Rotenberg
Jul 9, 20212 min read
TRUDEAU STICKS IT TO THE MIDDLE CLASS YET AGAIN
Two weeks ago there was much excitement over a private member’s bill to make it reasonable for small business owners to keep their...
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Charles Rotenberg
Jun 29, 20214 min read
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MESSRS. TRUDEAU AND MORNEAU
It isn’t a true anniversary, but close enough. On July 17th, 2017,a day that will go down in infamy, Morneau and Trudeau began their...
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Charles Rotenberg
Apr 19, 20217 min read
FEDERAL BUDGET 2021
This afternoon, the Liberal Government tabled its first Budget since March 19th, 2019. This will be the first Budget for the new Finance...
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Charles Rotenberg
Mar 23, 20214 min read
TROUBLE, OH WE GOT TROUBLE...
THAT’S TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL “T” AND THAT RHYMES WITH “P” AND THAT STANDS FOR “PASSIVE INVESTMENT INCOME" Anyone in business has heard...
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Charles Rotenberg
Nov 18, 20205 min read
‘TIS THE SEASON
Just as the days and weeks seem to have flown by since the lockdowns started in March, the year has flown by as well, and it is time to...
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Charles Rotenberg
Jun 18, 20208 min read
THE WILL AND TAX PLANNING
The Will is the most common and most important document in the estate planning process. Without a Will, the assets in one's estate will...
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Charles Rotenberg
Jun 18, 20205 min read
ALTER EGO AND JOINT PARTNER TRUSTS SOLVE PROBATE AND OTHER PLANNING PROBLEMS
Much time and effort in recent years has been devoted to avoiding the need for probate. Probate is a court process whereby the Court...
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Charles Rotenberg
May 12, 20202 min read
I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, AND I HAVE SOME (POTENTIALLY) BAD NEWS
First, the good news Many of you have read my numerous articles over the years concerning income splitting using low interest prescribed...
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Charles Rotenberg
Apr 20, 20205 min read
Trust Basics
What is a Trust A Trust is not, strictly speaking, a separate legal and tax entity. A Trust is a relationship among 3 parties - the...
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Charles Rotenberg
Apr 20, 20207 min read
ESTATE FREEZING IN TRYING TIMES
One may not want to think about tax planning with all that is going on. However, unless you believe that things won’t eventually bounce...
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