Accounting & Tax Blog
Accounting, tax and business insights for better decisions and stronger businesses.
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Cash Crunch Survival Guide - Part 2: Cost-Cutting Ideas for Cash-Strapped Businesses
When cash is short, every dollar you don't spend is a dollar you don't have to find.
Cut costs without cutting corners. Trim the overhead, not the quality.
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Cash Crunch Survival Guide - Part 3: Funding, Debt Management and Tax for Cash-Strapped Businesses
Sometimes cutting costs isn't enough, and the cash has to come from somewhere else.
Creditors want to get paid. That makes them more open to a deal than you might think.
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10 Steps to Starting a Business in Alberta: A Guide for Entrepreneurs
Looking to start a business in Alberta?
Do the setup work before you open, so once you open you can focus on customers.
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Why You'll Benefit When Your Accountant Prepares Your Personal Taxes
Are you a small business owner and thinking of preparing your own personal income tax return(s) this year?
Tax strategy only works when your accountant can see the whole picture.
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Filing T4s for Your Business
Filing T4 slips for your employees in Canada can be manageable as long as you know what goes into the process and how…
Payroll deductions aren't your money. You're only holding them for CRA.
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What is Cloud Accounting?
Do you want:
Cloud accounting will soon be the only option. Switch on your own schedule.
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Seniors: Common-Law or Single?
If any of the following are true, you should be filing as common-law:
Common-law isn't a choice. If you meet the rules, that's what you are.
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Shareholder Loan: Uses and Pitfalls
I was meeting with a client Ken, who had been working with me for several years.
"It's my company, I'm lending to myself." CRA sees it very differently.
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Three Skills For Business Success
I was meeting with a client, Robert, and we were discussing the progress of his succession plan.
No one teaches us how to manage people. We learn it one employee at a time.