Small Is Essential At 37signals, a company with just eight employees whose Web-based collab­o­ration software is used by thousands of small businesses, there isn’t time to sit around a conference room sipping latte and decon­structing memos. Come to think of it, there isn’t even a company conference room. There are just a couple of cubicles, […]

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In Canada, there are no hard and fast rules in the Tax Act that help an individual determine whether they are an employee or an independent contractor. There are three tests, which have evolved through court decisions, that are used to assess the relationship between an individual and his/her employer. They are: Economic reality or entrepreneur […]

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re: The Auditors is a relatively new blog that covers the auditing profession and is written by Francine McKenna, who has some impressive work history which she details on her LinkedIn profile. I’ve added her to my Links. Some posts I’ve found partic­u­larly inter­esting: The Top Ten Reasons Audit Fees Will Not Go Down Heard at […]

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Continuing the series of “quick facts” posts (see prior ones about the capital gains exemption and the new financial instru­ments standards), today is all about the principal residence exemption in Canada. Any residence may be desig­nated a principal residence as long as you “ordinarily inhabit” the home. Ordinary inhab­i­tation includes seasonal living such as your […]

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Hot on the heels of their announcement that the merger discus­sions with Grant Thornton were called off, BDO Dunwoody’s insol­vency practice BDO Dunwoody Ltd. has joined forces in Nova Scotia with Goodman Rosen Inc. Expanding one of Canada’s most compre­hensive financial recovery practices, BDO Dunwoody Limited, Trustee in Bankruptcy and Goodman Rosen Inc., Trustee in Bankruptcy […]

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