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On January 12, 2022, the government extended the repayment deadline for CEBA loans. If your company's CEBA loan is repaid by December 31, 2023, up to one third (i.e. up to $20,000 on a $60,000…

Some things never change, but after 35 years CPA Canada has decided that the standards surrounding how CPAs approach Compilation (aka Notice to Reader) engagements needed an overhaul. Why things are changing The new Canadian…

The Digital Economy Program is a partnership between Business Link and Digital Main Street in which the Alberta and federal governments will provide $10 million of funding to help home-based or commercial small businesses: Improve…

With the assistance of the Federal Government, the Alberta government has committed $370 million to help and encourage hiring by private companies and non-profits. Funding is available to help offset the cost of hiring and…

Budget 2021 proposed measures to encourage Canadian Controlled Private Companies to purchase certain capital property by offering accelerated tax depreciation. In more cases, the impact will be to triple the amount of expense that can…

We are super excited to welcome Active Accounting Inc., one of Calgary’s longest running bookkeeping firms, to the Achen Henderson Team! The team at Active Accounting brings over 50 years’ bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and business…

Tax circles have been buzzing over the recent changes to the Income Tax Act relating to Bill C-208 which aims to put private company share sales to children and grandchildren on level footing with private…

The Government of Alberta recently introduced rules that will ensure that builders pay their trades 'on time' and without delay. Bill 37 allows contractors and subcontractors to file a lien against a project owner's property…

One of the most frequent questions we receive is, "when is my U.S. tax return due?"  Unlike Canada, which has very few exceptions to the filing deadline of April 30th, the U.S. system has many.…

On May 19, 2021, the Government of Alberta announced the new Alberta Jobs Program aimed at helping private and not-for-profit businesses support for hiring unemployed or underemployed Albertans. Highlights: Employers can claim up to 25%…

With all the spending measures and no revenue raising measures, many in the tax community were taken off-guard by this budget. There were various rumors about how the government might pay for accumulating more national…

Budget 2021 announced that the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) and Canadian Emergency Rent Subsidy (“CERS”) have both been extended until September 2021. The budget announced a claw back on period 17 CEWS and beyond…