Sharon's Corner

Registered Retirement Savings Plans
Make your 2017 RRSP contribution before March 1, 2018. The 2017 RRSP contribution limit is 18% of your 2016 earned income to a maximum of $26,...

Charitable Donations Tax Tips
There is an expression that says, “charity begins at home” and while that is intended to suggest that one’s first concern should be one’s own ...

Independent Contractor Vs. Employee
While the person you work for can always be referred to as your employer, do you know what your relationship to them is? Are you an employee? ...

Tax Time: What Records Should You Keep?
When it comes to keeping records for personal tax purposes, people can range from one extreme to another. Some will obsessively keep track of ...

Why Barter Transactions Are Taxable
The word barter conjures up images of days gone by, where I might offer you a number of my chickens in exchange for one of your pigs. Or maybe...

Why Your Business Needs A Professional Accountant
Are you a number-crunching type of person? While there are definitely people who like– even love– playing with numbers, facts and figures, the...