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Scaling Smart: Unique Canadian Incentives for Growing Startups
Reaching a stage where your startup generates consistent cash flow is a huge milestone. By this point, you’re likely looking for ways to optimize operations, grow strategically, and stay competitive ...
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How will my business be affected by the new taxation of owner-managed business? Part 4: The conversion of income into capital gains
In the previous three parts of our series, we looked at several ways in which the Department of Finance’s proposed legislation could negatively affect Canadian business owners with new taxation ...
How will my business be affected by the new taxation of owner-managed business? Part 3: The ECGD
Last week, we reported on how the Department of Finance’s draft legislation proposes to change the process of Income Splitting. Today, in Part 3 of our 4-Part series, we’ll look ...
How will my business be affected by the new taxation of owner-managed business? Part 2: Income splitting
Yesterday, we took a look at how the draft legislation recently released by the Department of Finance would affect taxation of passive investments. Today, in Part 2 of our 4-Part ...
How will my business be affected by the new taxation of owner-managed business? Part 1: Passive investment
There has been a lot of buzz in the media lately about the draft legislation released by the Department of Finance on July 18, 2017. It’s our belief that if ...
A Tax Trap in Estate Law Mediation
David Posner, Partner and Charles Wagner of Wagner Sidlofsky LLP discuss joint accounts where a foreign based deceased who has Canadian assets holds an Ontario account in joint tenancy in, A ...
Zeifmans Celebrates 2017 Nexia Day with Alumni in Toronto
On September 13, 2017, to celebrate Nexia Day, and the enduring relationships we’ve built within our ethnically diverse global community, we invited Zeifmans alumni to visit our office in Toronto, ...
Investing in Real Estate
The right structure to achieve your real estate investment goals Investing in real estate can be a sound business move, especially for those looking to diversify their holdings or optimize ...
The building blocks of success(ion planning)
Many entrepreneurs and business owners avoid succession planning because they think of it as something that will happen far off in the future, or as an indication of the end ...
Significant U.S. tax exposures for Canadian family trusts with U.S. beneficiaries or U.S. Settlors/Grantors
As most are aware, the IRS has undertaken an initiative to identify unreported foreign income of U.S. taxpayers. While most of the attention has been focused on U.S. expatriate citizens ...