A Challenge for New Clients: How to Choose a Trusted Advisor

If you’re in business for yourself, you have a unique opportunity to build wealth in an asset class that others don’t have: equity in a business enterprise that some day may be sold for millions of dollars. In addition, that business can spin off income for family members that can provide significant tax advantages, done well. Understanding how to realize on this asset requires the help of a trusted financial advisory team. Who should be on that team and how do you find them? This is a challenge your next new business clients may wrestle with. Here are some tips on how you can open discussions to help them:

The Provincial Court of British Columbia heard an interesting defence to allegations of tax evasion faced by a father and son in Nanaimo, British Columbia recently.

Last week I shared some tax tips that will help you as you plan your children's activity agendas for the year. This week I provide some tips on claiming credits for others expenses such as child care, medical, and transportation as well as how to recover refunds or missed claims.

Back in 1980, unanimously, and without much debate at all, Parliament enacted Section 347 of the Criminal Code with the objective of combating “loan sharks”.

Planning ahead can ensure more of your financial legacy remains intact once you’ve continued on with your journey.

You can use a 0% capital gains inclusion rate, rather than the normal 50% rate when transfer qualified securities to your favorite charity, including a private foundation.

So, you have identified a business that you would like to acquire, but you are not sure which method you should use to do so, and how to best structure the deal to best avoid the tax man.