For business owners in British Columbia, the trend of remunerating shareholders with dividends instead of salaries and/or management bonuses has been going on for years. The low corporate tax rate of 13.5% on the first $500,000 of corporate profits in conjunction with total CPP premiums of $4,712 on the first $51,100 of salary paid to each shareholder/manager created a strong tax planning argument to take dividends instead of salary. Currently, with discussion in Ottawa to further expand the ... Read More
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Choose Quickbooks For Your Vancouver-based Small Business
Selecting the right accounting software for your small business seems like a daunting task but it really isn't. This is because there is one software that is far superior even to the second best-in-its-class competitor. Also, 99 percent of all Vancouver professional accountants servicing small businesses use and recommend this software - Quickbooks (“QB”) or Cloud-based Quickbooks (“QBO”).
Why is Quickbooks so great? The list can go on and on but here are the top ten reasons:
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