Inside the 2025 Federal Budget with Rosa Maria Iuliano (Ep. 32)

When your budget update sounds like “not much to see here,” you know it’s been a quiet year in tax, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot to unpack. 

Frankie and Sarah sit down with Baker Tilly tax partner Rosa Maria Iuliano, who’s been locked in on federal budgets for over two decades (yes, 22 years!). Together, they break down the 2025 federal budget, not just what’s in it, but what’s been quietly removed or delayed, including the capital gains inclusion rate increase, bare trust filing, and the underused housing tax.

From tax credits for personal support workers to new rules around investment income and passive corporate tax planning, they cover what’s relevant (and what’s not) for business owners, professionals, and anyone just trying to file their return without drama.

What to expect:

• Why the 2025 budget was blissfully boring and why that’s a relief
• The elimination of UHT (finally!) and what still applies
• How the CRA is quietly cracking down on personal services businesses
• What professionals need to know about tiered corporations and refunds
• And more!

Connect with Frankie Loreto and Sarah Netley: 

• Courtice.BakerTilly.ca
• LinkedIn: Baker Tilly Canada
• LinkedIn: Frankie Loreto
• LinkedIn: Sarah Netley
• Call: [phone]

Connect with Rosa Maria Iuliano:

• [e-mail]
• LinkedIn: Rosa Maria Iuliano, FCPA, FCA

About Our Guest: 

Rosa Maria graduated from the University of Waterloo with her Master’s in Accountancy in 1998, and obtained her CA designation in 2000 and became a Fellow in 2020. Rosa became a partner in the Taxation Services Department of Baker Tilly Ottawa in 2008. A well-rounded senior accounting and business leader, FCPA, FCA, with over 20 years of experience providing taxation and financial advisory solutions to proprietorships, partnerships, owner-managed corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and high net worth individuals.

Rosa completed the CICA In-Depth Tax Course in 2001, the CICA GST In-Residence Course in 2003, and the CICA Corporate Reorganization and International Taxation Course in 2004. Rosa leverages wide-ranging taxation experience that spans industries including retail, manufacturing, franchising, construction, professional services, real estate, hi-tech, R&D, medical, dental, not-for-profits and charities.

Rosa specializes in providing income tax, commodity tax, and financial planning advice to proprietorships, partnerships, and owner-managed corporations as well as not-for-profit organizations. She leads a tax practice that empowers clients in areas such as succession planning, wealth, retirement, financial management planning, compliance, and identifying/quantifying claims for eligible scientific research and experimental development activities. She has direct exper