Month: August 2013

The EI benefits available to the self-employed people are limited benefits. They do not cover regular EI benefits due to lay-offs or business slow-downs. They are special benefits only including the following:

Although you don’t need to submit the transit pass when you are filing your tax return, you should keep your supporting documents in case you are audited.

The key is that the pass should provide for unlimited travel. Monthly (or longer duration) passes are normally eligible. For shorter duration passes, to qualify, the passes must entitle you to unlimited travel for an uninterrupted period of at least 5 days and for at least 20 days in any 28-day period.

As an employer, in some cases, you may over deduct Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions. For example, you forget to stop withholding CPP contributions after the maximum amount of pensionable earnings was reached. What should you do? There are two solutions to this problem.

Starting from 2011, a partnership that carries on a business in Canada, or a Canadian partnership with Canadian or foreign operations or investments, has to file a T5013 – partnership information return for each of its fiscal Period if the partnership:

If you are a self-employee operating a unincorporated business either as a sole proprietorship or partnership, here are the important dates to remember.

When you buy something for your business, you should always get receipts or other vouchers. To be eligible for tax deduction, the receipt for the merchandise or services you buy should show the following information: the date of the purchase; the name and address of the seller or supplier; the name and address of the…