Tips For Business Wealth Management Business owners work hard at perfecting their business to make a living, earn a profit and ultimately sell or transition the business to another group of owners or family members. At the end of the year, our income statements and balance sheets generally indicate whether we were successful. You work incredibly hard to streamline operations, … Read More
How the Individual Pension Plan Helps Business Owners Retire Wealthier?
In life and business, failure teaches us some incredible lessons. Many of the ideas that I talk to business owners about today come from the mistakes that I made in my first business. In one breath, I wish that I could have started my current business 20 years ago, however, if I had not experienced the challenges and hardships experienced … Read More
Does It Make Sense to Incorporate or be a Sole Proprietorship Today?
Some weeks appear to have a recurring theme. For example, I’ve been approached by several owners of sole proprietorship businesses for the last couple of weeks, wondering if it is time to incorporate their business. So what are the advantages and limitations of running a business as a sole proprietorship versus incorporating your business? So should you incorporate … Read More
Business Owner Alert: Seeking Something Amazing if You’ve Maxed Out Your RRSPs?
The challenge for many business owners, they either haven’t contributed enough to one’s RRSP, or they’ve maxed out your RRSP contributions for the year. The challenge is RRSP contribution room is derived from one’s T4 income from previous years. If you choose to take money from your business in the form of a dividend, this doesn’t count towards RRSP eligible … Read More
3 Unique Ways That Business Owners Can Fund Their Retirement?
In light of all the changes proposed by the Federal Liberal Government in July 2017, the sensitivity around the excessive taxing of small business owners has raised some eyebrows. The proposed changes took into consideration heavily taxing any passive income that exists within a business, scrutinizing how business owners sprinkle income to family members and some other controversial measures. Even … Read More
6 Reasons Why Wealthy Individuals Need Life Insurance?
If you have ever thought that life insurance was something you wouldn’t need after you reached a certain level of financial security, you might be interested in knowing why many wealthy individuals need life insurance and still carry large amounts of life insurance. Consider the following: A life insurance advisor in California recently placed a $201 million life insurance policy … Read More
Does your Business Qualify for the Small Business Capital Gains Exemption?
Selling Your Business Doesn’t Mean You Qualify for the Small Business Capital Gains Exemption As a business owner, you may be aware that when you dispose of shares in your business, you could receive an exemption on all or a portion of the capital gains that ordinarily would be taxable. This is due to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption which … Read More