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Important Tax Filing Dates 2014 For Vancouver Businesses

As all Canadians settle back into work after the holiday season, we’re all looking forward to fulfilling the new intentions and resolutions we have set forth for the 2014 year. However, it is important to note that although 2013 calendar year has closed, along with it the financial results of your business, many tax planning opportunities for 2013 remain open.

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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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