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Business information

Small business - start, buy or forget it?

What books and records must be kept for a business?

How does a self-employed person choose a year-end when starting a business?

Should you incorporate your small business?

Are you an employee or a self-employed independent contractor?

Free taxation seminars and other training for small business owners

Competing for federal government contracts - assistance for small businesses.

Look on our Links page for Provincial Web Sites for Business Information and Services.

Financing

Federal Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP) - assistance for Canadians and Canadian businesses to obtain financing.

 

Income tax

Corporate income tax rates

My Payment - an online service from CRA to make payments to them directly from your bank account.

My Business Account - an online service from CRA that allows you to manage tax-related information for your business.

Dividend tax credit

Corporate tax return forms

Are both personal and business tax returns needed if I have a small business?

Deadline for filing a tax return for a self-employed person.

Small business deduction

Taxable capital employed in Canada

Self-employment losses can be carried back 3 years, and can be used to offset other income.

Small business financial statements - do they have to be audited?

Business losses - can I write them off against other income?

Capital cost allowance rates

Business investment loss

$750,000 capital gains exemption

bulletQualified small business corporation shares
bulletQualified farm property
bulletQualified fishing property
bulletCumulative net investment loss (CNIL)

Employee and partner GST rebate for employees or partners who have deductible employment or partnership expenses

Employees and payroll

Should I pay myself a salary from my business?  What deductions would apply?

Minimum wage rates and other employment standards in Canada

Private Health Services Plans - a tax-free benefit for employees and/or shareholders

Employee loans and loan subsidies may result in a taxable benefit to the employee

Employee-owned motor vehicles

Tax-free motor vehicle allowances

Auto taxable benefits

Tax-free (or reduced tax) employee benefits

 

Payroll taxes

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) T4001 Employers' Guide - Payroll Deductions and Remittances

TD1 forms - make sure they are up to date.

Calculating payroll deductions and automobile taxable benefits.

Late payroll remittances - will I be penalized?

T4 slips - when are they required?

Don't pay unnecessary employment insurance (EI) premiums

Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) Premiums

Recovering overpaid CPP contributions and EI premiums

Foreign firms paying employees or self-employed contractors in Canada - what taxes must be withheld?

Business expenses

What expenses can I write off against my business income?

What meal and entertainment costs can I deduct?

Penalties and fines are no longer deductible business expenses.

Capital cost allowance rates

Eligible capital property, eligible capital expenditures, and cumulative eligible capital deduction

Automobiles, passenger vehicles and motor vehicles

What motor vehicle expenses can be deducted?

bulletUnincorporated businesses
bulletCorporations
bullet What expenses are included as motor vehicle expenses?

Vehicles defined

Employee-owned motor vehicles

Keep a trip log

Expense limitations for passenger vehicles - unchanged for 2012

Tax-free motor vehicle allowances - increased for 2012

Auto taxable benefits - increased for 2012

bulletParking
bulletStandby charge benefit
bulletOperating cost benefit - increased for 2012
bulletAutomobile sales people
bulletOnline automobile taxable benefits calculator

GST/HST input tax credits on motor vehicle allowances

 

Revised: December 29, 2011

 

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