Toronto Approves Graduated Land Transfer Tax on Homes Over $3 Million: A December 2025 Planning Guide
Toronto City Council passed an amendment on December 17, 2025 introducing graduated Municipal Land Transfer Ta...
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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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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...
Read →Ontario's 2025 Fall Economic Statement: What It Actually Changed for Toronto Business Owners
Ontario released its 2025 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review — the annual Fall Economic Statement — on Novembe...
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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...
Read →Ontario's Minimum Wage Rose to $17.60 on October 1, 2025: What Toronto Employers Need in Their Payroll Now
Ontario's general minimum wage moved from $17.20 to $17.60 an hour on October 1, 2025 — a $0.40, 2.4 percent i...
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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...
Read →Toronto's 2024 Vacant Home Tax Bill: Three Instalments Due This Fall, and What Property-Owning Businesses Should Budget
Toronto's Vacant Home Tax (VHT) bill for the 2024 taxation year — the tax assessed on residential properties d...
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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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