Finances

Six strategies to lower your tax bill for 2025 Yuck – it’s tax time... again! Maybe you’ve already completed, filed and paid for the year. If so, then way to go! You are in a very proactive minority. There aren’t a lot of stats about when people file, but a survey in 2019 indicated that on April 2, 51percent of British Columbians had yet to file their tax returns. If you … [Read more...] about It’s a taxing time

Let’s just start off with a huge caveat. I am not a lawyer. I don’t prepare or give advice on the preparation of wills, powers of attorney or representation agreements. I do, however, help people to understand the financial implications of their decisions and so I often help guide people with those items. In short, I work with families and lawyers to assist in good decision … [Read more...] about Where there’s a will: 5 estate planning pitfalls to avoid

Taking advantage of temporary legislative changes On November 15 of last year, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers initiated strike action, suspending delivery of mail in Canada. In this day and age of email and online payment systems, postal strikes do not have anywhere near the negative consequences as in the past. Our clients choose for the most part to receive their … [Read more...] about Christmas in February

Generosity Part 1: Love love Love leads to generosity. That makes sense, doesn’t it? It certainly does to me. Imagine your kids or your spouse or anyone else you love. Don’t you just want to give them good stuff? To put it more biblically, if your son asks for bread, would you give him a stone instead? I don’t think it’s just me, I think that almost all of us tend to be … [Read more...] about Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity

Part 1: Love love It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote about how I feared that those of us who write about Christian money matters all too often focus on the “shoulds” or the “oughts”. That we provoke and admonish others to give more, when instead, we should perhaps spend more time inviting people along with us on a journey to a better way. I hope to remedy that in the … [Read more...] about Generosity