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Canadian Small Business Owners and CPP – What is the Deal?

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

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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

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Getting the Most Out of Your Professional Tax Advisor

One of the first questions I ask a new prospective client is “Why do you wish to switch tax advisors?” The most common complaint is that there is a lack of proactive tax planning from the current advisor. The second common complaint is late filing penalties and interest fees. More specifically, the taxpayer often complains that the current tax advisor has

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