For the past two decades, tax practitioners had little doubt that incorporating even a moderately successful business made financial sense. The low corporate tax rate for CCPCs on the first $ 500K of corporate profit, the slight tax advantage the ineligible dividends received in the hands of the shareholders, and the tax free CDA extraction on capital gains all made
For CCPCs who have managed to survive and thrive the last 8 years of tax punishment and Covid disruptions, what to do after the 2024 proposed tax rules changes? Dividends vs Payroll Prior to 2016, remuneration to shareholders using dividends was the more tax advantageous option. Dividends did not require CPP premiums to be paid by the employer and the
In a previous blog, I discussed how CRA recently sent out a slew of letters asking incorporated businesses to provide detailed documentation on various business expense deducted such as travel, auto or advertising. Last year, CRA also went on a similar expedition but on a smaller scale. Normally, by this time, which is a year later, taxpayers whose business expenses
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Vancouver, BC V6B 2M1
Tel:604 688 9198
Fax: 604 688 9192
Lilly Woo, CPA, CA, CFE, CFP (ext. 1)
Richard Mew, CPA, CA, CFP (ext. 2)
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