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The Prescribed Rate Has Now Held at Three Percent for Five Straight Quarters
The CRA confirmed the family loan rate stays at 3 percent through September, the longest stretch of stability since the 1 percent era ended in 2022. With Government of Canada yields still above 3 percent, the income splitting window has not closed.
Jul 7, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The CUSMA Review Didn't Reset the Clock. It Started a New One.
The July 1 non-renewal changed no tariff rates, but it shifted Canadian business owners from a six-year trade policy horizon to an annual one.
Jul 6, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
CUSMA Review Opens: The RRSP/TFSA Question Nobody Is Asking
The mandatory six-year CUSMA review formally began this week, with auto rules of origin and EV supply chains on the table. Most advisors are watching the trade angle. The more immediate planning question is what a prolonged negotiation means for the clients whose registered accounts hold US-listed securities.
Jul 3, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Prescribed Rate Holds at 3% for a Fifth Straight Quarter
CRA's family income splitting loan rate stays flat through September, while a narrower corporate rate quietly ticked higher.
Jul 2, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Mortgage Renewal Wall Is Hitting Its Peak While Hormuz Keeps Bond Yields Elevated
Five-year fixed renewers from 2021 face the largest payment jump of the cycle, and the geopolitical risk premium is the reason the relief many expected has not arrived.
Jun 30, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
Why the 2027 TFSA Limit Is Already $7,500, Five Months Before Ottawa Confirms It
The CRA's own indexation math locks in the new contribution room well before the November announcement, and a separate, far more urgent deadline lands the day after this article publishes.
Jun 29, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
Five Quarters at 3% Leaves a Narrow Window on Prescribed Rate Loans
The CRA's family loan rate has not moved since last September, but a hawkish Fed pivot raises the odds it will before the year is out.
Jun 26, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Prescribed Rate Has Held at 3% for a Year. That Streak Is the Planning Window.
The CRA prescribed rate stays at 3% for a fifth straight quarter, but falling bond yields on oil's decline suggest the input that sets it may be about to move.
Jun 25, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The CRA Just Held the Prescribed Rate at 3 Percent. That Is the Story.
Bond yields have risen on this year's inflation shock, but the rate that governs income splitting loans has not moved. The widening gap is a planning window, not a footnote.
Jun 24, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
Why the Right Currency Hedge for US Equities Now Depends on the Account
The Canadian dollar's slide to a fourteen-month low against the US dollar is reshaping the currency-hedging decision, and the tax consequences of that decision differ sharply between RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, and non-registered accounts.
Jun 23, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Prescribed Rate Has Held at 3 Percent for a Year. The Corporate Loan Rate Just Broke the Streak.
CRA confirmed the family income splitting rate stays at 3 percent for a fifth consecutive quarter beginning July 1, but the corporate pertinent loan rate ticked up for the first time since the rate cycle began easing in 2024.
Jun 22, 2026 5 min
Tax & Wealth
The CRA Prescribed Rate Holds at 3% for a Fifth Quarter. One Related Rate Just Moved.
CCPC owners and families running income splitting loans get another confirmed quarter at the lowest prescribed rate since 2022, with a deadline that is not indefinite.
Jun 19, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Mortgage Renewal Wall Just Met a More Hawkish Rate Path
Clients renewing fixed mortgages in late 2026 were counting on bond yields drifting down. New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh just made that less likely, even with the Bank of Canada on hold.
Jun 18, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The CRA Just Held the Prescribed Rate at 3%. Today's Fed Tone Is the Reason That Window May Not Last.
The rate families use to split income through prescribed rate loans holds for a fifth straight quarter. A firmer Fed signal this afternoon is exactly the kind of input that moves the Treasury bill yield the next announcement is built from.
Jun 17, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Oil Price Reversal and the Corporate Account Conversation
Canadian energy names have shed 20-plus percent from their 2026 peaks in two weeks. For clients holding appreciated oil sector positions inside CCPCs, the capital gains inclusion rate and the timing of any disposition decision are suddenly back in play.
Jun 16, 2026 6 min
Tax & Wealth
The Hormuz Deal and the Mortgage Renewal Wall
The peace announcement changes the oil inflation calculus precisely when 1.8 million Canadian mortgages are hitting their renewal peak. The planning implications are time-sensitive.
Jun 15, 2026 7 min
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