Repositioning Working Capital and Growth Plans as Interest Rates Fall
After two years of treating every dollar of credit as expensive, is your business ready to behave differently?...
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Notes on finance, governance and growth from the partners at RN Canada.
Alberta's Fuel-Tax Collar: Planning Fleet and Freight Costs Quarter by Quarter
Alberta's provincial fuel tax was restored in stages through early 2024. After more than two years of suspensi...
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The Bank of Canada Starts Cutting Rates: How BC Businesses Should Respond
After more than two years of rising and then high-for-longer interest rates, the direction has finally turned....
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Proposed Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Change: What It Could Mean for BC Companies
If your BC company is sitting on an appreciated asset — a building, a portfolio of marketable securities, good...
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BC Minimum Wage Rises to $17.40 on June 1, 2024: Now Indexed to Inflation
On June 1, 2024, British Columbia's general minimum wage rises from $16.75 to $17.40 an hour — a 3.9% increase...
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Salary vs Dividends in 2024: Owner Remuneration Planning for BC Business Owners
How should you pay yourself this year? It is one of the most common questions an incorporated BC owner asks, a...
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Bare Trust Filing for BC Owners: What the CRA's Last-Minute 2023 Exemption Means
If you spent the early months of 2024 worried that a routine, informal arrangement — your name on a property t...
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BC Doubles the Employer Health Tax Exemption to $1 Million: Who Benefits in 2024
If your British Columbia company paid employer health tax (EHT) last year, here is a question worth a few minu...
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CPP2 Starts in 2024: How the New Second CPP Contribution Affects Your BC Payroll
Did your payroll cost just go up without anyone in your British Columbia business deciding it should? For empl...
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CEBA Final Countdown: Securing Loan Forgiveness Before January 18, 2024
There are now fewer than seven weeks left, and the decision is binary: act, and your British Columbia business...
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2023 Year-End Tax Planning for BC Corporations: Trusts, CEBA and Capital Cost Timing
What should a British Columbia corporation do in the final eight weeks of 2023 to avoid leaving money on the t...
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CEBA Refinancing Options for BC Businesses Before the January 2024 Deadline
What should a British Columbia owner do when the CEBA repayment deadline is bearing down but the cash to repay...
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