If your Vancouver business receives a letter from the CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) asking for documentation to support an HST or corporate tax return, it is not a good idea to deal with the matter on your own. Hire a Vancouver chartered accountant to represent you during the business tax audit. First of all, CRA auditors are accountants. When they request information, they basically expect to see accounting information, not a lengthy verbal explanation on why your HST return for this year is ... Read More
To Incorporate or Not, Vancouver?
Many small business owners are aware of the considerable tax benefits afforded to incorporated businesses in terms of very low corporate tax rates, but incorporating too early is a common tax planning blunder these days. Of course, there are many legal considerations to incorporating a business such as limiting liabilities. Even then, it is a legal debate whether incorporation will protect certain professionals from damages suffered due to professional negligence. This blog post is about the ... Read More