Rules that will require verification of eligiblity to receive "tax treaty" withholding rates on dividends paid by Canadian corporations to non-Canadians won’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2013. You and your brokerage have all of 2012 to get your paperwork together. Read More
Canadian Currents
The Canada Revenue Agency and interested parties on the US side of the border are still hammering out a solution to the CRA’s new “eligibility verification” rules relating to “tax treaty” dividend withholding rates. Read More
In a special look-in on our new coverage Down Under, Canadian Edge Associate Editor David Dittman analyzes opportunities in the aftermath of a fear-driven selloff that's left many resource-related dividend-payers attractively priced. Read More
How They Rate coverage and Portfolio Holdings have put a premium on high quality from the very start of CE. That’s the key to building wealth over the long term. Read More
Not all companies we cover in Canadian Edge are perfect wealth-builders. In fact 19 that once paid dividends no longer do. But there are legitimate turnaround stories to be told, and there’s one company that joined the ranks of dividend payers after its introduction to the coverage universe. Read More
Like Canada’s Big Six banks, Australia’s top four financial institutions enjoy unique domestic positions. They’re also enjoying the wealth effects of a resource boom. Read More
Things have simplified a bit, but taxation isn’t an easy topic. Read More
Bank of Nova Scotia’s (TSX: BNS, NYSE: BNS) exposure to Latin America and Asia is a major reason its stock has outperformed the other Big Six Canadian banks since their fiscal second-quarter earnings reporting season started May 25. Read More
Canada’s foreign direct investment profile is growing, as more countries want pieces of the Great White North. As for outward FDI, the country is diversifying away from the US generally, but more can be done in Asia. Read More
Every little drip counts when it comes to melting and extracting bitumen from the Canadian oil sands. A couple players are starting to do it better than others. Read More