Guides and answers, minus the jargon
Written the way we talk on the phone: plain, specific, and about your situation. Start with the tax calendar; it is the one everyone needs.
Guides
The deadlines and checklists Canadian owners actually ask us about.
For every incorporated business
The Canadian small business tax calendar
Every deadline that can cost you money: slips, HST, payroll taxes, instalments, and the ones that move with your fiscal year-end.
Read the calendarTrades & contractors
The contractor edition
The general calendar plus T5018s, WSIB rhythm, and the receipts-and-ITCs habit that pays for itself.
Read the trades guideMarketing & creative firms
The agency edition
The calendar plus T4As for freelancers, USD-client wrinkles, and keeping pass-through ad spend out of your revenue.
Read the agency guideProfessional firms
The professional edition
The calendar plus owner-pay dates, T5s on dividends, and the instalment schedule that keeps CRA letters boring.
Read the professional guideArticles
Longer answers to the questions that come up on discovery calls.
Trades · Draft, pending accountant review
T5018s: the contractor slip CRA actually checks
Who has to file, what counts as construction, and the records that make it painless.
Read the draftProfessional firms · Draft, pending accountant review
Salary or dividends? The honest answer is a calculation
The trade-offs that actually move the number, and why a rule of thumb is usually wrong.
Read the draftCreative firms · Draft, pending accountant review
Agency margins: why your P&L is lying to you
Pass-through ad spend, freelancer costs, and retainer timing, and how to see your real margin.
Read the draftMore answers
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