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Ontario’s 2022 Fall Economic Statement offers tax cuts for small businesses

The Ontario government released its 2022 Fall Economic Statement this week, with Doug Ford’s Conservatives touting improved fiscal news just as the province edges closer to a likely recession next year. Strong GDP performance, higher government revenue and near-full employment have put Ontario on a stronger financial footing—which could be compromised if the economy begins […]

Webinar–Canadian federal tax reform: How will it affect your business

When the Department of Finance released its proposed changes to the taxation of private corporations in Canada on July 18, 2017, entrepreneurs across the country immediately took issue with measures they felt would cause undue financial harm to their businesses. And for good reason. If passed, these proposals will have extensive implications for all private […]

Ontario offers small business owners a tax cut in fall economic statement

Small business owners in Ontario are getting a break on their taxes. This week Minister of Finance Charles Sousa delivered a fall economic statement that will lower the corporate small business income tax rate on the first $500,000 of business income to 3.5 per cent from 4.5 per cent, by January 1, 2018. The change […]

Changes to ECP tax rules create urgency for sale-minded entrepreneurs

A change to the treatment of eligible capital property (ECP) for Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) could have a significant impact on business owners planning a sale of their business in the next year. That is, of course, unless they act now to take advantage of the existing tax rules. Before we explore these changes, let’s […]