21 Mar B.C.’s Employer Health Tax is Here. Is your Business Ready?
How will you be affected by BC's new employer health tax? Here we highlight the key dates and how this will impact your company's finances....
20 Mar 2019 Federal Budget – Tax Updates
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Stay up to date on the latest business and personal tax updates and credits from the government in Clearline CPA's review of the 2019 Federal budget....
11 Dec Protect Yourself Against Phishing
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By Rachel Wicks It’s the most wonderful time of the year for many of us - including cyber-scammers. Here at Clearline we have seen and experienced many different types of scams over the years. Most recently, a scammer took on Jeff Block’s name and started sending emails...
11 Dec Is Your Mortgage Rate Going To Go Up?
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By Grant T. Smith Last week, on 5 December, the Bank of Canada delivered the news that they were not adjusting interest rates. This leaves the bank rate unchanged at 1.75%. The bank has slowly been raising rates for more than a year, from 0.5% 18 months...
22 Nov 2018 Fall Fiscal Budget – Tax Changes
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By Team Clearline (November 22, 2018) - The Federal Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, delivered the Liberal Government's Fall Fiscal Update yesterday in Ottawa. To help you navigate the tax updates and changes, we have summarized the highlights below. Corporate Tax Changes Capital Cost Allowance ("CCA") Changes A number of adjustments...
15 Nov New Employer Health Tax
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By Grant T. Smith I want to speak to you about the forthcoming changes to BC’s medical service plan because the plan changes the new Employer Health Tax (“EHT”) and the changes happen on January 1, 2019. This is coming and it affects your business. It...
12 Sep Lessons from South of the Border
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By Grant T. Smith I do not want to talk about pipelines! That is not true. Pipelines are very much on my mind. What I really do not want to engage in is a one-sided conversation because the factions are so firmly entrenched that the dialogue is...
02 Aug Summer Strategy For Your Business
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It is the time of year again at Clearline when partners gather, joined by the dedicated management team, to plan and strategize for the year ahead. While June 30th establishes the end of the busy season and September is the start of the new business...
18 Jun Cancel Your Vacations – It’s Time For Electoral Reform
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By Grant T. Smith It is going to be a summer and fall full of discussion and debate. The vast majority of BC’s citizens will spend much of their free time huddled in discussions and seeking co-operative agreement on the best course of action. People are...
07 May The Old Vancouver Post Office Shines in Amazon Announcement
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By Grant T. Smith Business in British Columbia is hopping and there is a sense of optimism in downtown, but with the cost of housing we also share a fear for the future and seek comfort that the activity is sustainable. I was therefore comforted when,...
