Date updated: January 25, 2019
New and improved credits The Medical expense tax credit has been expanded to allow expenses related to service animals who are specially trained to perform specific tasks for a patient with a severe mental impairment that help the patient cope with the impairment. The Climate Action Incentive (CAI) payment can be claimed by eligible individuals…
Credit Counselling Canada article on The Beginner`s Guide to Retirement Planning. The writer, Joan Butler, concentrates on tips to Retirement Planning (such as Create or Update a Will) and provides links to websites retirement planning websites available to Canadians: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada – Retirement Planning Types of retirement income, saving for retirement, how much…
This e-book has been prepared by Verafin. It is for businesses to help them understand the types of fraud. BUT service providers, caregivers, and seniors would benefit from reading it. Click the link below to download the document
CRA’s Outreach Program has developed fact sheets for different populations (seniors, students, indigenous people, newcomers, refugees, women in shelters). They also provide a general version. We present the english version here in pdf. For alternate formats, language versions, or for more information, please contact the Outreach Program at 1-888-704-8110, 709-772-3334, or Outreach.ATL.RegionalCoordinator@cra-arc.gc.ca. Fact Sheets in…
Senior Living is published 10 times per year by The Telegram, Western Star and NL Community Newspapers. It is delivered monthly in The Telegram, Western Star and NL Community Newspapers and is available for pick up at your local Newspaper office. Editors encourage content that promote the Health • Prosperity • Happiness • Lifestyle and…
Do you hate waiting in line to renew your drivers license? ServiceNL, government of NL announced a new online service that enables people to renew their driver’s licence from their home or office. Check out the Youtube video. There is also a brief outline on the 5 steps involved in the process. https://www.eservicesdl.gov.nl.ca/NLTransportationWeb/home.do For more…
The Competition Bureau Canada presents The Little Black Book of Scams, second edition. This animated booklet features the most common types of scams. The booklet shows the tactics that scammers/fraudsters use to deceive consumers and businesses, and show how Canadians can protect themselves and their families from frauds and scams. They profile superheroes who have…
The Competition Bureau Canada presents a series of animated videos that profile some of the most common types of scams featured in The Little Black Book of Scams. These 15 videos demonstrate the tactics that fraudsters use to deceive consumers and businesses, and show Canadians how they can protect themselves and their families from fraud.…
Canada is currently in the middle of the largest inter-generational transfer of wealth in its history. In addition, Canada’s rapidly aging population has raised issues of elder abuse and mental incapacity. The Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR) and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law conducted consultations from coast to coast within Canada…
Your Social Insurance Number (SIN) is confidential. If your SIN falls into the wrong hands, it could be used to obtain personal information and invade your privacy. When the SIN is not linked to you as its rightful owner, another person could receive your government benefits, tax refunds or bank credits. Your personal information could…
