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Work From Home Expenses: A Detailed Look!
Taxes

Work From Home Expenses: A Detailed Look!

Matthew Siwiec
January 15, 2021
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Today were going to talk more about the new ways that Canadians working from home due to COVID-19 can now claim some of their expenses to cut their tax bills. We actually covered this back in the depths of July…

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Affordable Childcare, Taxes, & More!
Federal Budget

Affordable Childcare, Taxes, & More!

Matthew Siwiec
December 16, 2020
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Affordable Childcare, Taxes, & More! This week myself and our fellow money nerds received an early gift from our federal government – A Fall Economic Statement with some proposed policy bombshells. In it we see the proposal of new national…

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Supporting Small Businesses – Holiday Special
Covid-19

Supporting Small Businesses – Holiday Special

Matthew Siwiec
December 15, 2020
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Supporting Small Businesses – Holiday Special So this is the last episode of 2020 and before I jump into the show, I just want to graciously thank every single listener out there. I know it sounds cliched, but it’s really…

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Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 2
Family

Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 2

Matthew Siwiec
November 25, 2020
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Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 2 Join us as we continue our in-depth look at major milestones in life and how to navigate them. Today we’ll finish off our look at marriage and common-law by looking at ways to protect your…

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Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 1
Family

Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 1

Matthew Siwiec
November 6, 2020
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Marriage & Common-Law: Pt. 1 So it’s now November and you know what this mean…Happy Financial Literacy Month! To celebrate our 8% of the year, I’m putting together a multi-part series on some of the biggest life changing events and…

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Reasons To Dump Your Bank (& How to Get Away With It!)
Banking

Reasons To Dump Your Bank (& How to Get Away With It!)

Matthew Siwiec
October 30, 2020
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Support us through Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/SimpleMoneyPodcast Reasons To Dump Your Bank (& How to Get Away With It!) Like a pair of old pants, sometime we grow out of our financial institution and just need something different. There are many reasons…

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Investing Tax Traps: Americans Living in Canada
Investing

Investing Tax Traps: Americans Living in Canada

Matthew Siwiec
October 20, 2020
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Investing Tax Traps: Americans Living in Canada So like runaway escapees, all citizens and Green Card holders from the United States that live in Canada cannot escape US taxation and need to watch out for some common tax traps. Even…

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Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB): Technical Look
Covid-19

Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB): Technical Look

Matthew Siwiec
October 2, 2020
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Subscribe to Simple Money Podcast on your podcast provider to receive more unbiased personal finance material!iTunes Podcast Link Today we’re going to take a deeper dive into the new Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB). We covered this a few episodes ago,…

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Understanding BC’s Municipal Pension Plan Changes
Retirement

Understanding BC’s Municipal Pension Plan Changes

Matthew Siwiec
September 25, 2020
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Before we start the episode, I just wanted to give a big thank you to all of those that have contributed to our show’s Patreon. Your support really helps keep this show go on. BC’s Municipal Pension Plan So today…

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81. Life After CERB: The New Benefits and EI
Covid-19

81. Life After CERB: The New Benefits and EI

Matthew Siwiec
August 21, 2020
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Life After CERB : The New Benefits and EI Please note: These new programs have been updated since this article was written. Updates on Canada Response Benefit (CRB) and EI Enhancements can be founds here A Technical Episode on the…

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