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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read November 16, 2017

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with the new cannabis smoke-free and road safety legislation, a successful age discrimination case, and a new WSIB self-evaluator.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / age discrimination, Bill C-45, cannabis, Cannabis Act, deferred profit sharing plans, defined benefit plan, employment law, money purchase, Tax–Free Savings Account, TFSA

By Jean-Pierre A. Laporte B.A., M.A., J.D. (of the Bar of Ontario) | 3 Minutes Read March 1, 2017

RRSP: Should professionals use it to save?

Unlike most Canadians who are not operating a business, many professionals have more options to them when it comes to retirement savings. The average Canadians employed by companies in the private sector will typically use the Registered Retirement Savings Plan or the Tax–Free Savings Account. The lucky few work for organizations that sponsor a registered pension plan, but their numbers seem to be declining every year as a percentage of the workforce not working in para–public employment.

Article by Jean-Pierre A. Laporte B.A., M.A., J.D. (of the Bar of Ontario) / Payroll / employment law, GIS, Guaranteed Income Supplement, income in retirement, Income Tax Act, OAS, old age security, pension plans, pension rules, personal pension plans, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, RRSP, savings, savings plans, tax–assisted savings plans, tax–deductible contribution, Tax–Free Savings Account, TFSA

By Adam Gorley | < 1 Minutes Read April 16, 2014

FATCA agreement signed, implementation Bill to come

The federal government has signed an agreement to help the United States catch tax-evading "US persons" living outside the US, including those with dual US-Canada citizenship.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll / banks, Canada Revenue Agency, Canada-U.S. Tax Convention, Citizenship, CRA, credit unions, disclosure of financial information, dpsp, extraterritorial implications, FATCA, financial institutions, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, intergovernmental agreement, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, PPRP, privacy legislation, RDSP, RESP, RRIF, RRSP, small business, tax law, taxes, TFSA, United States

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