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Tax Tips for Canadian-owned Corporations

Canadian-owned corporations are common business structures in British Columbia and Canada as a whole. They come with a host of different structuring options and different methods of compensation (i.e. dividends vs. salaries). The following are a few simple business and tax tips for Canadian-owned corporations: Make your spouse a shareholder of the company as well. This will allow income splitting,

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Capital Gains Deduction for Canadian Business Owners

Running your own canadian company has many tax perks. This includes many write-offs, low corporate tax rates for the Canadian controlled private corporations (“CCPC”), and the income splitting opportunities. One of the biggest and least discussed tax breaks is the lifetime capital gains deduction that is available when a shareholder of a CCPC is ready to sell his shares of

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Canadian Corporate Tax Planning: On Investing Retained Earnings

What should I do with my Corporate Retained Earnings? As a Vancouver tax advisor to small, privately held Canadian corporations, many of my new clients are often unaware of all the investment options and tax benefits of investing their hard-earned corporate retained earnings. The small business corporate tax rate is only 13.5% on the first $500,000 of profits. That is

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