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Tax "loopholes" and the real problem with Canada's tax system Let's talk about tax “loopholes” and the problems in our tax system and how Bill Morneau just made it a lot worse. Our tax system…

The truth about the 2019 small business tax cut to 9%   In the last few days you will have seen Liberal MP’s across the country patting themselves on the back by posting this self-congratulatory…

Federal budget to balance itself in 2041 The government of Canada released its 'Update of Long-Term Economic and Fiscal Projections 2018' yesterday - 4 days before Christmas and the last day which most working Canadians…

Boost the value of your business There is not a single company in the world whose vision (its purpose) is “to ensure the timely entry of data into our accounting systems” or “to ensure the…

4 Foundations of Company Cultures That Work Successful Entrepreneurs and SMB Leaders (let’s call them ‘Leaders’) focus very hard on aligning their Teams with their company’s objectives. Alignment requires clarity of purpose, direction, and values.…

Tomorrow's Alberta will be a lot different than yesterday's 2018 has been a year of significant challenges in Alberta, confirming what we’ve all known for 3.5 years: tomorrow’s Alberta will be a lot different than…

5 technologies that will rock your business in 2019 Business models are evolving at the same rate as technology, in other words, very quickly. The rate of change that we are witnessing in accounting technology…

Have the Big 4 lost their advantage? There are so many low cost technologies that are enabling smaller firms to compete with bigger firms by opening up their capacity. Machine Learning and AI are enabling…

Carol Sadler is awarded with the 2018 Chartered Professional Accountant Distinguished Service Award Achen Henderson believes strongly in contributing to our community and to our profession, that's why the entire team at Achen Henderson gives…

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“Simplified” income sprinkling measures 12 minute read | co-authored by Clayton Achen and Carol Sadler December 13, 2017: the headline on the Department of Finance’s website reads: “Government Simplifies Measures to Restrict Income Sprinkling”. Well this is…

Small business tax reform It has been just over three months since the Federal Government introduced its highly controversial plan to overhaul Canada’s small business tax regime. Many of my clients are asking me ‘where…