Archive for the ‘Doing Business In USA’ Category

Tax Benefits to Small Businesses Offering Employee Health Insurance

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Traditionally, small businesses in the USA conveniently strike employee health insurance off their list of benefits. However, the Affordable Care Act is changing this scenario.

The Affordable Care …

Exchange Rates: Beware of Assumptions

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

If you do a lot of business with customers in the U.S. you might be feeling the pinch due to the Canadian dollars rise against the U.S. dollar.

I do a lot of business with clients in the U.S. and ba…

No Better Time to Do Trade in the United States

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Having just spent 7 weeks in Hawaii, I can tell you that American goods and services have never been more affordable for Canadians.

Look at what a Miami realtor is saying about Canadians investing t…

Trucking: New Inspections U.S. Canada Border Crossings

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

The U.S. started charging a new fee for inspecting Canadian trucks and railway cars.
Calling Canada a potential conduit for bioterrorism, Pests and disease, the U.S. government is boosting its norther…

Thinking of Expanding to the US?

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

canadian and the US business do a lot of trade together.

When I worked for in the Canadian Automotive after market, we imported the majority of our inventory from US manufacturers.

Over the years …

Nafta put the Shata to Canadian Softwood

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Via Blogcritics.org Richard Marcus writes a relatively balanced update on the progress of the $5 billion US and Canadian Softwood lumber dispute in his "Canadian Politics: Softwood Lumber, The GS…

Canadian Business Outsourcing Opportunity

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Canada's close proximity to the US positions Canadian companies to be viewed as a 'near shore' alternative according to Outsourcing News.

"Our overall labor costs put Canada midway b…