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Weekend Reading – Year-End Tax Planning

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Mark | 22 Comments

Weekend Reading – Year-End Tax Planning Hey Investors! I hope you had a great week as the holidays approach – welcome to a new Weekend Reading edition on year-end tax planning and more… Before that, some recent reads from my…

Weekend Reading – The one more year edition

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Mark | 12 Comments

Weekend Reading – The one more year edition Welcome to some new Weekend Reading the one more year edition. You can check out other recent editions below: I shared my Financial Independence update here and I also answered a reader…

Weekend Reading – Dividends Matter

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Mark | 17 Comments

Weekend Reading – Dividends Matter Hello Everyone! Welcome to my latest edition of Weekend Reading – the yes, dividends matter edition. You can read some previous Weekend Reading roundups below: Should you consider leveraged investing? How to plan your own…

Tax tips every Canadian should know

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Mark | 33 Comments

Tax tips every Canadian should know This is an updated post with tons of great, new content – enjoy these tax tips every Canadian should know about! Welcome to tax season folks! This season is not nearly as exciting as any normal…

TurboTax Canada continues to make tax filing easy – 2021 giveaway!

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Mark | 70 Comments

TurboTax Canada continues to make tax filing easy – 2021 giveaway! The following article is in partnership with TurboTax Canada. All thoughts and opinions are my own. (Giveaway over.) Hard to believe we are here again – it’s tax season…

My take on minimizing tax in retirement

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Mark | 46 Comments

My take on minimizing tax in retirement “If you have a tax problem in retirement and that’s the only major problem you have, then with all due respect retirees you have it pretty damn good. There are far worse problems…

TurboTax Giveaway and More Great Tax Filing Tips

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Mark | 1 Comment

TurboTax Giveaway and More Great Tax Filing Tips Doing your taxes can seem overwhelming and time consuming – but it really doesn’t have to be. The key is being prepared and using the right tax filing software. Once again thanks…

TurboTax Giveaway and Great Tax Filing Tips

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Mark | 37 Comments

TurboTax Giveaway and Great Tax Filing Tips Once again thanks to my friends at TurboTax I have a few online codes to giveaway to some lucky readers this tax season. Thanks TurboTax Canada! I’ll draw the winners of this giveaway at random in…

TurboTax Canada Giveaway and Tax Tips

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Mark | 36 Comments

TurboTax Canada Giveaway and Tax Tips Thanks to my friends at TurboTax I have a few online codes to giveaway this tax season. Thanks TurboTax Canada! I’ll draw the winners of this giveaway at random later this month. If you’re one…

2013 Tax Tips and TurboTax Canada giveaway

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Mark | 10 Comments

2013 Tax Tips and TurboTax Canada giveaway Thanks to the great folks at TurboTax, I have six (6) codes to use with their TurboTax online system this year. I don’t need all of these codes, so maybe you want one? In…