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Question: How is a corporation defined as a small business in Ontario for tax purposes?

Is it based on net income? or Total Revenue before cost deduction? or based on number of employees hired? or …?

Answer: The only answer I was able to find for you was on the CRA’s website for Corporate income taxes.

I found a section on which corporations could claim the Small Business deduction. The formula for determining the deduction uses income as the criteria

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Note: For 2007, the business limit is $400,000

source: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4012/t4012-06-e.html#P2862_208254

Corporations that were Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) throughout the tax year may be able to claim the small business deduction (SBD). The SBD reduces Part I tax that the corporation would otherwise have to pay.

The SBD rate is currently 16%.

The SBD rate is increased to 17%, effective January 1, 2008. The rate is prorated for tax years that straddle December 31, 2007.

The SBD is calculated by multiplying the SBD rate by the least of the following amounts:

* the income from active business carried on in Canada (line 400);
* the taxable income (line 405);
* the business limit (line 410); or
* the reduced business limit (line 425).

The following section explains each of the above amounts.

Once you have calculated the SBD, enter it on line 430.

Scotiabank reports third quarter earnings of over $1 billion

Earnings per share of $0.98 compared to $0.87

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The tax advantages of owning a Home Business compared to being an employee of a company are huge people!

Tax knowledge has powerful money savings potential. If you are an employee working for wages and have a part-time business, give yourself a pat on the back, go ahead and reward yourself because you’re still better off even if your business hasn’t profited much in the beginning, as long as you run it with a intent to profit, while keeping adequate business records you can take advantage of the tax savings.

The first and most basic principal to get you going in the right direction is to realize that right off the bat the owner of a small business is legally able to deduct virtually anything that has to do with their business whereas the regular employee of a company gets a 20% deduction from their paycheck and then at the end of the year they have to pay.

Uncle Sam says, “If you do that, I’ll cut your taxes by $3,000 to $6,000 or more every year, starting today, and then, I’ll let you collect part of your additional Tax Refund every couple of weeks, all year long”. There are many expenses incurred with having a Home Business which all should be accounted for when claiming deductions for your Home Business.

The most obvious deductions to be deducted in a full or part-time business are of course the cost of going into business. Your phone bill and cell phone bill can be deducted if you use it for business, your internet, portions of your mortgage/rent, utilities, maintenance fees, insurance, property taxes, your vehicle, meals, entertainment, gifts, any courses or tools, business cards, books, DVD’s purchased for your business, travel expenses, equipment and furniture ie: desk, printer, fax, filing cabinets, ink. The list goes on and on. As long as it has something to do with your Home-Based Business it can be deducted and will provide you with pretty substantial tax savings for the year and years to come.

Home-Based Business Tax Savings are plentiful and it’s important to be aware of them for your Home Business Tax Savings. I chose Savings Highway as my business opportunity not only because it allows me to save money on things such as gas and groceries etc…I figure since I have to buy these things anyway, I might as well be saving on them right? I also have the opportunity to make money with this program and pass along the savings to others and help them grow their own business. It was a no brainer for me to choose Savings Highway as my Home Business.

Here is a tip for you, if you are thinking that it sounds like a pretty good idea to start your own Home Business, my advice to you would be to pick a company or program that is going to offer REAL world benefits to others, something that they can sink their teeth into, something that is going to offer a solution to peoples problems and you’ll do just fine, if you are able to give people what they want they will come looking for YOU. Be the hunted not the hunter! Don’t kill yourself trying to sell people something they don’t need because you will struggle. People can’t afford over priced lotion, potions or pills now a days. Some things are just simply a hard sell. Believe it or not there are programs out there that sell themselves because they offer value…they got meat to them!

Take your time in choosing a business that will be right for you, listen to the opportunity calls, talk to people already involved, read articles, pick up the phone and ask questions!

Instead of remaining in a J.O.B. (just over broke), that you don’t like just because it pays the bills, make it your goal to start a part-time Home Business that you want to do full time. Give yourself a year and give it you’re all and you will see success. You might even find a new passion like I did.

If you don’t have a Home-Based Business, start one! (The tax savings is reason enough)

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LANSING — Michigan faces a new year of budget problems, but some business groups are preparing to hold firm against tax increases and to push for enacting spending reforms first.

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