The City of Regina has released its proposed budgets for 2023 and 2024. The first-muti-year budget proposes a tax increase of 4.67 per cent for 2023 and 4.66 per cent for 2024. The average home valued at $315,000 would mean an increase of $104.64 annually in 2024 and $109.32 in 2024. The City said the […]
The City of Regina is moving its waste services to a user-pay model. Regina City Council voted in favour of the model, which means that the fees associated with recycling, yard waste and garbage collection will be displayed on a resident’s utility bill starting on January 1, 2024. City administration said that the average household […]
The City of Regina released its annual citizen satisfaction survey report. The report highlights how residents feel about what is happening in the City and what they feel are the most important issues. The 2021 survey collected data from a random sample of 800 Regina residents and was conducted over the phone and online. Residents […]
April 30th is the traditional deadline for filing your taxes, but Monday is the final day to get your taxes in. That’s because April 30th was a Saturday, so Canada Revenue Agency has extended the deadline to today. Spokesperson Gurpreet says your return will be considered on time if it is received or postmarked on […]
CP Rail and the Saskatchewan government are fighting one another in court with the railway saying it shouldn’t be paying provincial taxes because of an agreement made in 1881. The CPR Act stated CP Rail and its stations, buildings, yards, workshops and other things as well as the company’s capital stock shall be forever free […]
The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pandemic. Workers who have been able to do their jobs remotely have been asked to do so since the spring as part of public […]
The Canada Revenue Agency advises that if you received one of the federal government’s benefits related to COVID-19 last year, you may have to pay some of it back in taxes. Saskatchewan spokesperson, Joanne De Waal, says no tax was withheld for CERB, which is the Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit, or from the Emergency Student […]
Another election promise has been fulfilled by the Saskatchewan government. On Monday, ]egislation to reduce the tax rate for Saskatchewan small businesses over the next three years was introduced. Under this initiative, Saskatchewan’s small business corporate income tax rate drops from two per cent to zero effective October 1, 2020. Beginning July 1, 2022, the […]
Wednesday is the first full day of campaigning for the October 26th provincial election. NDP leader Ryan Meili is using this first full day to talk about bringing tax fairness to Saskatchewan. Speaking in Saskatoon, Meili says if elected, he will introduce a wealth tax of 1 percent on those who have a net worth […]
Anyone who owes the federal government taxes will now have until the end of September to pay. The Canada Revenue Agency says the payment deadline has been moved to Sept. 30 for individuals, corporations and trusts that had various deadlines through the month. Penalties and interest on owed taxes on a 2019 return will accrue […]
