Babies: The Cost and How to Plan for It
A reality of the economic and demographic trends occurring in Canada is that everything costs more, especially in urban centres. Take...
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Matthew Wise
- May 29, 2020
- 4 min
What Is Blockchain, and Why Do You Need to Know What It Is?
When Bitcoin first came onto the scene in 2008, it came with a new underlying technology called “blockchain.” As interest in crypto...
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Matthew Wise
- May 15, 2020
- 6 min
Voluntary Disclosures Program
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) refers to the Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) as a second chance to correct your taxes. The program...
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Matthew Wise
- Apr 30, 2020
- 5 min
Buying a Business: A Little Planning Goes a Long Way
Last week, I met a businessperson who was thinking about buying a new business. Fortunately, they are very experienced and understood...
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Matthew Wise
- Apr 15, 2020
- 5 min
Tax and Ethics
Tax practitioners help their employers and clients to understand and meet their tax compliance obligations, and to know what tax planning...
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Matthew Wise
- Mar 31, 2020
- 4 min
Protecting Your Business From Identity Theft
When we think about fraud committed against individuals, many of us immediately think of identity theft. Identity theft is the taking...
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Matthew Wise
- Mar 15, 2020
- 5 min
Your Credit Score – What Does It Mean?
We’ve all received email ads for websites that can help us find our credit score, with monthly updates, for free...
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Matthew Wise
- Feb 29, 2020
- 4 min
Cyber Security: Mitigating the Risks to Cyber Attacks
Cyber attacks come in a variety of forms and with a variety of intensions. Whether for money or pure disruption, organizations are at risk..
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Matthew Wise
- Mar 31, 2018
- 4 min
Age Management
Of Canada’s 19.7-million labour force, about 5.0 million persons (25%) are 55 years of age or older, most of whom are between 55 and 65...
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Matthew Wise
- Mar 15, 2018
- 4 min
Training for the Future
Training is an essential part of building and maintaining any successful business. Technological advancements have increased the amount...
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Matthew Wise
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
Seeing Is Believing
Contractors, especially those whose business is renovating older homes, always need to know the location of studs, wiring or pipes...
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Matthew Wise
- Feb 15, 2018
- 4 min
New 2018 CRA Allowances for Company-Use Vehicles
To keep up with the rising costs of operating vehicles, Revenue Canada has increased the maximum tax-exempt car allowance deductible for...
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Matthew Wise
- Jan 31, 2018
- 4 min
Financial Statements for Your External CPA
To run an owner-managed business successfully, it is not enough just to track the movement of funds in and out. Statements providing the...
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Matthew Wise
- Jan 15, 2018
- 4 min
WhatsApp, Doc?
It was not so long ago that mobile phones were used primarily for making voice calls. The ability to send and receive short message...
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Matthew Wise
- Dec 31, 2017
- 5 min
Registered Retirement Savings Plans
The 2017 RRSP contribution limit is 18% of your 2016 earned income to a maximum of $26,010. (For those who have not topped up every year...
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Matthew Wise
- Dec 15, 2017
- 4 min
New WSIB Rules for Workplace Stress
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety defines workplace stress as the “harmful physical and emotional responses that can...
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Matthew Wise
- Nov 30, 2017
- 3 min
Jet Lag
Despite the ease and relatively low cost of modern telecommunications, it is still necessary for business people to travel to be onsite...
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Matthew Wise
- Nov 15, 2017
- 4 min
Using Technology for Gain
The more a task can be automated, the greater the increase in productivity and the greater the reduction in employee overtime...
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Matthew Wise
- Oct 31, 2017
- 4 min
Small Business and the CRA
Owner-managers work hard in their businesses but are often overwhelmed by the reporting requirements for the Canada Revenue Agency...
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Matthew Wise
- Oct 15, 2017
- 4 min
Investing for Retirement
Media ads constantly bombard us with images of happy, attractive couples enjoying their retirement years on a sunny beach in Jamaica or...
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