Increasing the company’s footprint has a “halo effect,” Wong said. “When we open a new store and a new market … all of the buzz around the flagship openings and the marketing around that does drive traffic to the e-commerce site,” she said. Sales sluggish in Canada—with...
“Sometimes you have to get creative when the money is not there,” said the Toronto-based personal finance expert and author of “Everything but Money.” For Canadians who have made a workout routine their New Year’s resolution, her experience is timely proof that there are ways to...
“I think that there’s an opportunity (to have) a bridging conversation, if you’re able to reach out and say, ‘Hey, I know it’s been years. I know that we’ve not connected, but Mom and Dad, they’re getting a little older … I’d really love to...
According to the CAFC, these are some of the most common ways that criminals steal Canadians’ identities: Taking personal or financial information from your recycling bin or mailbox Obtaining your information through a spoofed website, which is a fraudulent website set up to look like a site...
New capital gains inclusion rate: With its 2024–25 budget, the federal government announced that capital gains in excess of $250,000 per year would be subject to a 66.7% inclusion rate effective June 25, 2024. That’s up from the 50% that applied previously (and which still applies to your...
The Finance Department says parliamentary convention dictates that taxation proposals such as the capital gains taxation measures the Liberals introduced last year are effective as soon as the government tables a notice of ways and means motion. The Liberals tabled in September a notice of a...
Unfortunately, identity theft is on the rise in Canada. In 2023, over 11,000 cases of ID fraud were reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC). Fraud crimes are vastly underreported, so the total is likely much higher. Identity theft is no longer just someone combing through...
Despite that, many analysts believe the TSX has a solid foundation underpinning its consistent growth. Rising corporate profits and earnings across the board as well as lower interest rates from the Bank of Canada will “help drive the equity market toward a new record,” said Brianne...
Available TFSA contribution room Canadians aged 18 and older accumulate new tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution room every year. The annual TFSA contribution limit has changed many times since the account was introduced in 2009. As of January 1, 2025, an individual born in 1991 or...
CRA yet to offer guidance The CRA hasn’t offered an update since the prorogation of parliament and neither it nor the finance ministry immediately responded to questions Monday from The Canadian Press about how it would treat taxes subject to the Liberal’s proposal. “So people are now...