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Small Business Owners and COVID-19: Tax Planning to Preserve Cash

The recent measures released by the government of Canada to combat the negative fallout from COVID-19 provides some relief to owner-managers of small businesses.  While these measures do help, owner-managers may also position themselves in a better financial position by considering the following: Stop paying yourself a salary Owner Managers who pay themselves a recurring […]

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Ontario Reduces the Corporate Tax Rate for Small Businesses: The Good and the Bad

Last week, the Ontario government proposed to cut Ontario’s small business corporate tax rate from 3.5% to 3.2%, effective January 1, 2020. The rate reduction would be prorated for taxation years straddling January 1, 2020. Corresponding to the rate reduction, the government proposes to reduce the dividend tax credit (DTC) rate on non-eligible dividends from

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Possible Anomaly in the Passive Income Small Business Deduction Rules?

Martin Lee and Thanusan Raveendran, in a recent article published in the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Tax Focus publication, discuss a possible anomaly in the small business deduction rules. The authors highlight the anomaly using several examples and highlight several tax planning possibilities. Please click here to read their article.

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