Alberta Year-End Tax Planning 2025: The New 8% Bracket and the T2/AT1 Two-Step
December is when tax planning collapses from a year-long discipline into a deadline. The decisions you can sti...
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Notes on finance, governance and growth from the partners at RN Canada.
Building Your 2026 Business Plan and Budget Amid Tariffs and Lower Rates
What single number should anchor your 2026 budget? There isn't one — and pretending there is, is the most comm...
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The November 2025 Federal Budget Through an Alberta Lens: SR&ED and Immediate Expensing
On November 4, 2025, the federal government tabled Budget 2025 — a document heavy on industrial strategy and i...
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2025 Year-End Tax Planning for BC Corporations: Lower Rates, Stable Capital Gains
After two years of policy whiplash, 2025 ends on unusually stable ground for tax planning — and that stability...
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Alberta's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit: A 12% Credit for $10M+ Facilities
Alberta's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit (APITC) can materially improve the after-tax economics of a ma...
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Using AI for Financial Forecasting and Scenario Planning in Your BC Business
Can an AI tool tell you what your cash position will be next quarter? It can produce a number — quickly, cheap...
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Alberta's 8% Corporate Rate: How the Lowest Rate in Canada Compounds for Your Business
If you run an established Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) in Alberta, one number defines your p...
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Rates at 2.5%: Is Now the Time for Your BC Business to Invest and Borrow?
After two years of borrowing at painful levels, money is meaningfully cheaper again. On September 17, 2025, th...
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Alberta's Heritage Fund Growth Strategy: What a Bigger Fund Means for Business Stability
Alberta's Heritage Savings Trust Fund was established in 1976 with a straightforward premise: set aside a port...
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What Is Your BC Business Actually Worth? Valuation and Exit Readiness Basics
If a credible buyer asked you today what your company is worth, could you defend a number with more than a gut...
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Alberta's No-Payroll-Tax Edge: How It Lowers Your Cost-Per-Hire
Every conversation about Alberta's business competitiveness eventually reaches the same point: no PST, low cor...
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Mid-Year 2025 Cash Flow and Margin Check-Up for BC Businesses
Halfway through 2025, BC owners are holding two facts that pull in opposite directions. Financing is meaningfu...
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