ESSENTIAL TAX FACTS, 2007 edition - For Help Filing Your 2006 Tax Returns - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT YEAR OF PERSONAL TAX CHANGE SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY? Essential Tax Facts is Your Vital Companion This Tax Season, which features over 30 new tax changes including: - The New Canada Employment Credit For Work-Related Expenses - The Tax Credit For Public Transit Passes - Tax breaks for investors with dividends - Tax free capital gains for publicly-listed securities donated to charities - New tax free capital gains provisions for fishers - New Brackets, tax rates and Personal Amounts for every taxpayer, plus new clawback zones - Planning opportunities with the Universal Child Care Benefit - Enhanced Child Disability Benefits - New Textbook Tax Credit for post-secondary students - Tax free income status for scholarships, fellowships or bursaries - Doubled Pension Income Credits for seniors - New RRSP contribution maximums - Tax breaks for tradespeople who buy their own tools to work - The new $1000 Refundable Medical Expense Supplement And much, much more to help you take advantage of tax savings opportunities all year long. . . Whether you are attempting to complete your own tax return, want to ask better questions of your tax practitioner or need a handy reference of all the tax changes as a professional tax and financial advisors, this is the right tax guide for you. In her trademark, easy to read and learn style, Evelyn Jacks shows you how to get more benefits from the tax system and pay less tax in six key profiles: individuals and their families, employees, new investors, wealth preservers, the self employed and seniors, in this her 39th book.

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Evelyn Jacks is one of Canada's most prolific international authors, educational publisher and an award-winning entrepreneur . She has written close to 40 books on the subject of personal taxation, including the Essential Tax Facts series (2005, 2006 and 2007), Make Sure It's Deductible (3rd Edition publishing in fall 2006) as well as published over 100 certificate continuing education courses for professional tax accountants and financial advisors. Launching In fall 2006 is an international title Evelyn has co-authored on the subject of team leadership entitled Get Your People to Work Like They Mean It. Evelyn is the founder and president of The Knowledge Bureau, Canada's leading educator in the tax and financial services industry. The company is home of the Distinguished Financial Advisor (DFA) Certificate CE and Designation Programs. Evelyn's companies have specialized in publishing continuing education for professional tax and financial advisors for over 25 years. The Knowledge Bureau has recently partnered with the Schulich Executive Education Centre, rated #1 in the world in public programming, to offer both the DFA designation and a Masters Certificate in Tax or Investment Services to successful financial advisors. She can be reached at 1-866-953-4769 or by website: www.knowledgebureau.com Evelyn is an internationally recognized, award-winning entrepreneur, several times over. In 1986, Evelyn Jacks' selection as the YM-YWCA "Business Woman of the Year". In 1997 she won Manitoba's Entrepreneur of the Year award. Later that year, she won the prestigious Rotman School of Business National Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Toronto. In 1998 she was recognized with an International Business Leadership Award by the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. In 1999, she was appointed a Commissioner for the Lower Tax Commission, by the Premier of the province of Manitoba . In November 2006 she was chosen as The Winnipeg Free Press's Inspiring Woman