Tariffs Hit the Oilpatch: Cash-Flow Planning When WCS Falls
In early March 2025, the United States applied a 10% tariff on Canadian energy exports that do not qualify for...
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Notes on finance, governance and growth from the partners at RN Canada.
Rates Down to 2.75%: Resetting Financing and Capital Plans for BC Businesses
When the Bank of Canada raised its policy rate to 5 per cent in mid-2023, a great many BC owners quietly shelv...
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The Capital Gains Increase Is Cancelled: What Changes for BC Companies Now
After nearly a year of planning around a tax change that kept moving, BC owners finally have a stable answer:...
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Alberta's New 8% Tax Bracket: What It Means for Owner-Managers' Personal Draw
On February 27, 2025, Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the 2025–26 provincial budget. Most of the h...
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Alberta Budget 2025: Surplus, Heritage Fund Growth and the No-PST Advantage
As of today, February 15, 2025, Alberta's 2025 provincial budget has not yet been tabled. Finance Minister Nat...
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US Tariffs on Canada: Assessing and Managing Trade Exposure for BC Businesses
If a 25 per cent tariff landed on your products at the US border next month, would you know — to the dollar —...
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Capital Gains Change Deferred to 2026: An Update for BC Business Owners
If you spent the back half of 2024 bracing for a higher capital gains tax bill, you can exhale — for now. On 3...
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Alberta's Innovation Employment Grant: Stacking the IEG with Federal SR&ED in 2025
Ask most Alberta SMB owners whether they claim research and development tax incentives and the answer is almos...
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Alberta's AI Data-Centre Push: The Alberta Advantage Meets the Intelligence Economy
In December 2024, the Government of Alberta announced an Artificial Intelligence Data Centres Strategy with a...
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The GST/HST Holiday (Dec 14 – Feb 15): What BC Retailers and Restaurants Must Do
In under two weeks, the way you charge tax on a long list of everyday items changes — and then changes back tw...
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Alberta Pension Plan vs CPP: What It Could Mean for Your Payroll and Retirement Planning
Few policy debates have generated more noise in Alberta boardrooms over the past year than the question of whe...
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2024 Year-End Tax Planning for BC Corporations Amid Capital Gains Uncertainty
How do you plan a year-end when one of the biggest variables — the capital gains inclusion rate — is still uns...
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