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Advisor's Edge Report

Is being a single-income household financially feasible?

A look at the financial, tax and intangible considerations

By Curtis Davis |December 15, 2017

5 min read

Industry

Identify these client handholding situations

Clients are anxious about more than market volatility

By Staff |October 25, 2017

2 min read

Tax News

One case when paying more tax can mean more money

How this works

By Curtis Davis |October 20, 2017

6 min read

Industry

Why clients shouldn’t pay kids’ tuition

If your clients are the parents of post-secondary students, you can now reassure them that the kids benefit when they pay tuition themselves. That’s because an RBC survey finds that students who receive less than 25% of their school funding from parents feel more confident making financial decisions and are more likely to make and […]

By Staff |August 16, 2017

2 min read

Should a self-employed parent-to-be pay into EI?

Client Profile Janet Wilson,* 34, is a self-employed physiotherapist. She’s thinking of starting a family with her partner, Jeff Medoza, who works in a community arts organization in their hometown of Sudbury, Ont. Janet paid employment insurance (EI) premiums when she held retail jobs as a university student, but it’s been years since she contributed. […]

6 min read

Will parents benefit from new childcare framework?

If your client is the parent of young children, he might have more disposable income once childcare funding becomes available. This is important because, as a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests, childcare fees in some of Canada’s biggest cities has skyrocketed over the last three years, rising an average of […]

3 min read

Children

Is being a single-income household financially feasible?

Identify these client handholding situations

One case when paying more tax can mean more money

Why clients shouldn’t pay kids’ tuition

Back to school could break the bank for your client

What to do when an adult child dies intestate

Should a self-employed parent-to-be pay into EI?

Will parents benefit from new childcare framework?

What clients can learn from the Jolie-Pitt split

Don’t forget: first payment of child benefit coming soon