Happy tax season! As you’re preparing your things to file your taxes (or maybe you haven’t started yet), we wanted to go over some awesome benefits of filing early! RRSP Benefits If you’re not sure how your RRSP can help with tax savings, check out our RRSP blog here. The Read more…
As we near the cut-off for depositing to your RRSP for the 2020 tax season, let’s talk about what an RRSP actually is and how you can use it to maximize your savings. What is an RRSP? An RRSP something many people overcomplicate, but really it’s just a bank account Read more…
Time to go over what a TFSA is, how you can use one to maximize your savings, AND what the 2021 updates are!In our previous post on emergency funds, we talked a little bit about the TFSA. You can check that video out as well. A TFSA, or Tax Free Read more…
The third instalment of our series on the benefits of incorporating covers the ability to pay yourself in dividends. If you are shareholder and work for the corporation, you can pay yourself a combination of dividends and wages. The first two videos covered incorporating when you’re taking on large debt Read more…
Online financial calculators are a great tool when doing financial planning. We wanted to share this website because it provides access to so many different calculators in one place. Furthermore, we love that it has calculators created specifically for Canadian finances. The site has mortgage calculators, comparison calculators for TFSA Read more…
The main reason many business owners decide to incorporate, is because the corporate tax rate is less than the personal tax rate. Paying less tax allows owners to put more money back into their business.One situation in which this can be extremely beneficial is if the company is taking on Read more…
So many people have been working from home this year. For that reason, the CRA has implemented a flat rate work from home tax deduction. This is a simplified process for writing off home office expenses. Anyone who worked from home for more than 50% of the time for at Read more…
The Canada Pension Plan is obviously important to take into consideration when planning for retirement. However, as a business owner, it is even more important because, depending on how you pay yourself from your business, you may or may not pay into it. As an employee, you pay half of Read more…
In a year with more people working from home than ever, many might be questioning if or how they can deduct home office expenses. Yes, if you’ve been working predominantly from home, you can deduct some home office expenses against your income. However, there are some things to consider and Read more…
When reading through the information that the Canadian government has released regarding the CEBA loan, we noticed how the language is aimed primarily at product-based businesses. We, however, do think that there are some service-based businesses that may be eligible for CEBA. We think it is worth the required time Read more…