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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 29, 2007
Neil McIntyre is a Canadian (almost finished his CA) who blogs, pretty unusual for an accounting professional. He wrote a great little article titled 6 quick facts about the capital gains exemption in...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 29, 2007
Neil McIntyre is a Canadian (almost finished his CA) who blogs, pretty unusual for an accounting professional. He wrote a great little article titled 6 quick facts about the capital gains exemption in...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 26, 2007
Wow, this is something I thought I would never see a politician state publicly, one of those things like "When pigs fly!" and "Hell freezes over." Well apparently, pigs fly and hel...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 26, 2007
I hadn't heard of this budget item in the Federal Budget but this Tax Fairness initiative is supposed to stop a practice that has been in place since 1972.
Flaherty's international tax fairnes...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 22, 2007
Why is it every time Alberta starts to do well the politicians line up to take their turn at pulling more money from our pockets?
Where is their fiscal management and leadership? How much more in tax...
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Government
, Succession Planning
, Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 21, 2007
Minority Conservative Government supports small business initiative to increase the Capital Gains Exemption.
The recent Federal Budget filed by the Harper Conservatives increased the lifetime capita...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 5, 2007
File your taxes online via Canada Revenue Agency is easier than ever and the NETFILE internet service continues to grow in popularity.
"Increasingly we hear from Canadians they prefer filing thei...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on February 12, 2007
As the owner of an iPod photo, I paid the stupid tax two years ago that was tacked onto my iPod when I bought it. It was overturned and Apple nor London Drugs returned my money.
Now the "Canadia...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on January 23, 2007
Do any of our readers have information about what is going on in Canadian forestry? I was reading the Toronto Star and ran across this article:
"The company told us they wouldn't sell it to a...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on January 15, 2007
I do not hear it anymore but when I first started in business my friends used to say, "You pay for lunch, it doesn't cost you anything because you get to "write it off."
I would th...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on December 28, 2006
Like most business owners December 31st is the date of your year-end. The next few days are the last chance you will have to make tax deductions for the year.
Fortunately, there is a great resource ...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on November 27, 2006
Tax cuts puts dollars back in the pockets of taxpayers, business owners, and stimulates the economy. The only problem? Will the conservatives still be in power to follow through their plan? I hope so,...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on November 21, 2006
Here is a interesting view of the value of a small business:
"An essential part of strong communities is a strong small-business sector. They generate new products and services. They create jobs...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on August 17, 2006
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and his B.C. Liberals said that if they cut taxes - the head offices will come. Well, The Tyee published a lengthy post titled "BC's Runaway Head Offices" th...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on July 14, 2006
An editorial in the Edmonton Sun commented on the fact that the "Stephen Harper government is considering lowering the premiums we pay for the Canada Pension Plan as part of a "fiscal imbala...
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Economic Outlook
, Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on July 11, 2006
Saskatchewan business owners a bit more upbeat due to tax breaks announced in the April provincial budget. The new provincial budget will lower corporate income tax rates to 12 per cent from 17, incre...
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by Greg Balanko-Dickson on July 2, 2006
On July 1st, 2006, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will be lowered from 7% to 6%. This also means that the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate will be reduced from 15% to 14% in New Brunswick, Nova ...
