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8 New Year’s resolutions for small businesses

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Last updated: Jan. 5, 2022 
The New Year is the perfect time to reflect on your business and make plans for 2020. Whether you’re interested in improving the financial health of your company or simply getting organized for the upcoming tax season, we’ve listed some ideas on New Year’s resolutions you can make if you’re self-employed … Read more

Year-end tax planning for farmers

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Last updated: Oct. 24, 2021 
When you’re busy with the harvest, or preparing for the upcoming season, taxes are probably the last thing on your mind. Why worry about taxes now? Proper tax planning is a year-round process. By planning now, you can take advantage of strategies to lower your tax bill in advance of the … Read more

Why incorporated truck drivers need a tax consultant

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Last updated: Oct. 8, 2021 
Life on the road is different. Running a business from your cab is an experience that few people who sit behind desks or work from home even begin to comprehend. Layer in the fact that you’ve incorporated your business and are trying to manage all the additional paperwork, while juggling a … Read more

A guide to COVID-19 financial relief for small business

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Last updated: Oct. 8, 2021 
Last updated August 10, 2020. We will update blog posts when more information is released. As we finished writing the introduction to this blog post, several provinces were starting to recover and re-open their economies. It’s heartwarming to see businesses across the country hiring back their employees through government programs, … Read more

Calculating Taxes when Day Trading in Canada

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Last updated: Mar. 16, 2021 
Reporting online day trading income? A growing number of Canadians manage their own retirement portfolio and trade online every day. When you sell a security and make a profit, you realize a capital gain. For most Canadians, the taxable capital gain is determined by multiplying the capital gain amount (profit) … Read more

8 benefits of hiring a professional bookkeeper

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Last updated: Sep. 28, 2020  As a small business owner, you need accurate and up-to-date financial information so you can make the best decisions for your business. As your business grows and you hire employees, or take on more customers, keeping track of your business expenses and ensuring your books are accurate becomes more complex … Read more

Why you need a year-end tax plan

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Last updated: Aug. 31, 2020  In our last few articles we’ve highlighted elevated government spending programs and the inevitable increase in the accumulated debt to alleviate the worst economic impacts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both current and former senior civil servants, economists and at least one former prime minister are all predicting that … Read more

Potential tax implications of COVID-19 spending

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Last updated: Aug. 7, 2020  Former governor of the Bank of Canada David Dodge, writing on behalf of the C.D. Howe Institute while referring to the government’s financial response to COVID-19, said the right decisions were probably made at the time. However, the report also stated that the government must implement a plan to “restore … Read more

Work-space-in-the-home expenses for remote employees

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Last updated: Jul. 30, 2020  Hundreds of thousands of Canadians transitioned to working from home when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. If you’re one of them, you know that working from home comes with its own costs (heating, electricity, maintenance). As a small business owner, you can deduct expenses for the business use … Read more