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financial facelift
Mark earns $370,000 per year. Lois earns $30,000. How can they use that big income disparity to their financial advantage?
September 16, 2024. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
canada
Far-right media outlet Rebel News not eligible for journalism tax credits, Federal Court rules
Outspoken political commentator Ezra Levant of Rebel News arrives at the Law Society of Alberta in Calgary on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. A Federal Court judge has upheld the government's decision that far-right media outlet Rebel News doesn't qualify for journalism tax credits because it doesn't produce enough original news. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
carrick on money
Globe readers weigh in on putting extra funds in a TFSA or mortgage
A sold sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes Sunday, May 14, 2017. The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling for less stringent mortgage rules in a rebuttal aimed at the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
tax matters
Consider different options to solve a holding company double-tax problem
Tim Cestnick
cost of living
Federal tax on vacant homes has failed to raise any meaningful revenue
Buses pass by a house listed for sale in Toronto’s west end on July 4, 2024. July 4, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
University should be more expensive. Taxpayers are overly subsidizing it
Claude Lavoie
canada
New Brunswick election: Where the parties stand on treaty rights, taxes, Indigenous participation
New Brunswick party leaders (left to right) Blaine Higgs (Conservative), Susan Holt (Liberal) and David Coon (Green) are shown in recent file photos. The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick distributed a survey on Indigenous issues to political parties ahead of the provincial election, which is scheduled to kick off Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray, Ron Ward
opinion
Time is running out to deal with the costs of aging on our economy
Parisa Mahboubi and William Robson
alberta
Jasper council to debate asking Alberta government for budget funding support
After an estimated $283 million in property value was wiped out by a devastating wildfire in July, the town council of Jasper, Alta. will discuss today if it will request funding from the provincial government to offset reduced property tax revenues for the next three years. A wildfire-devastated neighbourhood in west Jasper, Alta., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
economy
Canada’s living standards set to worsen without productivity bump: TD report
A Construction worker makes his way through a site in Ottawa on Thursday, June 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
tax matters
Understand the double-tax problem that faces Canadians with holding companies
Tim Cestnick
energy and resources
Trillions of dollars of fossil fuel finance routed via tax havens, study says
AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
your practice
How the new employee ownership trusts could transform Canada’s small business landscape
Positive creative engaged business team brainstorming on project plan, analyzing marketing reports together, enjoying financial success, successful job result, discussing documents at meeting table
hockey
No tax: Daly doesn’t envision change to NHL system that benefits sunbelt teams
Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL, center left, poses with the Florida Panthers and the Prince of Wales Trophy after after the Panthers defeated the New York Rangers in Game 6 to win the Eastern Conference finals, Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Lynne Sladky
investment ideas
A four-bagger, Nvidia and Chinese stocks: How a hunt for growth led this investor to an ‘unforgettable’ TFSA experience
Larry MacDonald
technology
EU’s top court dismisses Apple’s final appeal against order to pay Ireland €13-billion in back taxes
FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple Store in downtown Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
opinion
David Rosenberg: Love him or hate him, an economy under Trump should fare better than under Harris
David Rosenberg
opinion
The government is taking a puzzling approach to newspaper subscriptions
Peter Menzies
financial facelift
Should Mitra, 55, incorporate her successful consulting business?
12/07/15 - Toronto - Facelift
inside the market
How this retired military member built up an $883,500 TFSA that generates $11,000 a month in tax-free income