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Vancouver Hair Salons: Business and Tax Tips – Part 1

I am noticing the proliferation of hair salons in the Downtown Vancouver area and I can’t help but think that they are in for a challenging time. Retail commercial rent is sky high, escalating real estate price and cost of living in general has reduced the city’s discretionary income pool, and as a consequence Vancouverites are relocating to the more

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Feeling tax fatigue? Mew and Company Chartered Accountants can help!

“The difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” –Will Rogers. Will Rogers hit the right chord with his quote. All taxpayers will agree that there is nothing worse than continuously paying an amount of earnings and hard-earned income as taxes to the government, without ever seeing the end of it. The percentage

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Filing Canadian Corporate Tax and HST Returns on Time

Just File Your Canadian Tax Return on Time! During the past year, I have noticed that Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) is putting more pressure on Canadian corporations to file their corporate tax and HST returns on time.  The tactics being used by CRA include constant reminder notices being sent soon after the filing deadline has passed as well as withholding

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