Laurie Bissonette

When you’re a business owner, you have to work harder to retain top people. The world isn’t getting any smaller and the workforce is becoming more mobile.

Although you may be earning a good living from your business and a satisfactory mix of salary and dividends, it’s worth pausing to take stock in the growth in your business.

The Scientific Research and Experimental Development program (or SR&ED for short) has been around for decades and provides billions of dollars annually as an incentive for companies to perform qualifying research.

When transitioning family businesses from one generation to the next, most experts agree that good communication is critical to success. It’s also important to ensure all parties involved understand the process and the documentation in place.

Fraudulent activities can be more difficult to detect within private companies, especially where prevention procedures and policies might not be as rigorously established as within larger organizations.

Are you at risk for a CRA audit? Although the audit and appeals process can be time-consuming and difficult, being prepared and managing the audit process in a mutually respectful manner can help you reduce conflicts with the CRA and hopefully make y

In the next few years, your businesses may transition to a different owner. Aside from passing on the business to a family member, you may also want to consider selling the business to your employees.

Family businesses can often have a reputation as having friendlier, more devoted employees—even though it may not feel like that when your family can’t agree on who’s on call that weekend.

With a federal election coming in 2015, it’s no surprise that this year’s federal budget did not include any significant tax breaks.

Co-owning a small business with a partner can be a recipe for success for many entrepreneurs. The partners’ different skills and experience can come together to make a stronger business than either of them would have separately.