After a vote on August 5th, the voters of British Columbia have decided to revert back to the PST/GST system from the combined HST system they were using. Reverting back to the separate PST/GST systems will take approximately 18 months… Read more »
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The UBB Hearing
This week and next week, the CRTC has been having a hearing about the proposed User Based Billing (UBB) that some of the large telecom companies would like to instate. While this hasn’t been getting nearly enough exposure on traditional… Read more »
Fact or Fiction: We don’t work in a lab so don’t qualify for SR&ED!
The Scientific Research and Experimental Development program was developed to help any companies in Canada that do any kind of research and development. While this does include work that is done in a science lab, it can also include many… Read more »
State of Canada’s science, technology and innovation system
Today, the Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) released a major report that looked at Canada’s state of innovation as compared to the global economy. This is the second public report the council has released; it looks at how Canada’s… Read more »
On Monday, StatsCan posted a new study: The year in review in manufacturing. According to this study, manufacturing sales increased 8.9% from 2009, to a total of $529.8 billion. While this is the largest single annual increase since 2000, it… Read more »
Canadian Companies and Social Responsibility
Today, Macleans posted two articles that I found highly interesting. The first was Canada the good?, a look at why Canada is ranked very low on having socially responsible companies. The second article, Top 50 socially responsible corporations, takes a… Read more »
Fact or Fiction: An SR&ED Review Might Trigger A Tax Audit
This is one thing that people ask us about all the time – whether the CRA reviewing your SRED claim will cause the CRA to call a tax audit on their company. I can understand why they would be worried… Read more »
10 Ways to Effectively Spread Positive Word of Mouth
Positive word of mouth is essential if you own a business. There are many ways to use your mouth in positive ways to ensure your business employees communicate effectively. This can have a large influence on the environment in which… Read more »
April’s Labour Force Survey
On Friday, StatsCan released the results of April’s Labour Force Survey, and after two months where we have seen very little change, employment rose by 58,000. While most of the employment was seen in part time, this has helped result… Read more »