by admin | Oct 9, 2020 | Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Business Advice, Business Strategy, Entrepreneur, Financial Advice, Investments
A Financial Forecast/Budget Will Provide You With All The Data You Need To Make Important Decisions Budgeting and forecasting are great ways for every entrepreneur to set out goals and targets for their business. As an accountant, I love numbers, I love the stories...
by admin | Aug 5, 2020 | Bookkeeping, Business Advice, Business Strategy
As the owner and director of a small accounting business, I think that there is definitely a way in which bookkeepers, accountants and business owners can support one another while working together at an organization. While an individual can be both an accountant and...
by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Canada Revenue Agency has the right to audit you, whether you are an individual, partnership, trust or corporation. This also includes charitable and not-for-profit organizations. The purpose of an audit is to ensure that you have been complying with the laws set...
by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Accounting Tips, Small Business, Tax Tips
Incorporating a small business in general can provide some tax advantages such as: access to the small business deduction a potential deferral of taxes if profits are kept in the corporation access to the capital gains exemption on sale of qualified small business...
by admin | May 31, 2017 | Accounting Tips, Saving
Sleep on decisions Avoid making impulse purchases by promising that you will sleep on the decision. Set a limit. For example, you could tell yourself that any purchase over $200 requires 24 hours of decision making. Make mindful decisions Take a step back and make...
by admin | May 15, 2017 | Entrepreneur, Loans, Tax Tips, Taxes
As a small business owner and perhaps sole shareholder of your business, you’ve probably heard about an account called a shareholder loan. The company you own can loan you funds for various purposes. Sometimes this in the form of advances you take throughout the...
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Tax Tips, Taxes
This tax season may have been an eye opener, if you are looking to make some changes to the way you are preparing for your taxes here are some tips to ensure its not so hard next time around Say yes to receipts Credit and debit statements only tell part of the story....
by admin | Apr 15, 2017 | Entrepreneur, Self-Employed
As an owner, shareholder and active employee of your incorporated business, one of the first questions you may have is how is my corporation going to pay me as a shareholder? There are two ways to compensate a shareholder, by either paying yourself (the shareholder) a...
by admin | Jan 19, 2017 | Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Entrepreneur, Mompreneur, Self-Employed
A meal or entertainment expense can be a number of different things. This type of expense can include activities like, dinners, lunches, drinks after work, coffees, going to a live performance, the opera, ballet, sporting event, office Christmas party, etc. However,...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Self-Employed, Tax Tips
It can be easy to overlook specific accounting activities when running your business. The realty is – your busy! But if you keep these next few things in mind and on your daily checklist, they will keep you in the clear and complying with CRA. It is easy to...
