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Mar 11th, 2022 12:16 am
Howdy! I am self-employed for the past 5 years as a Registered Massage Therapist. I am looking at getting disability and life insurance (finally, yes I know, starting to come to light of how I should have gotten this before). Currently ...
Feb 5th, 2022 12:40 pm
I am wondering if anyone has figured this out yet. I am self-employed and pay myself via cheque (from my own company) at the start of every month. I recently signed up for a Simplii chequing account because of the $200 bonus offer. I did not read the ...
Oct 23rd, 2021 6:15 pm
... from 2010 - 2019, but in 2020 had no self-employment income (but incurred self-employment expenses), is that person still classfied as self-employed (from CRA perspective) in 2020 and as such can claim the 2020 self-employed expenses? Scoured CRA website but no commentary I can find. ...
Apr 22nd, 2021 8:33 am
looking to set up a self-employed small business bank account where the activity will be almost all interac etransfers - probably 3 outgoing etransfers and 45 incoming etransfers a month. Going online to compare is a bit difficult as ...
Apr 2nd, 2021 11:21 am
... next. Those who shouldn't have gotten CERB and got it anyway will be able to keep it? https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ineligible-self-employed-canadians-who-received-cerb-due-to-unclear-information-likely-wont-be-forced-to-repay They should definitely be forced to repay because ...
Feb 9th, 2021 11:06 am
Hello, I am offering services to a company in exchange for a % commission on sales. I am not a shareholder because I was not interested in the vesting process. Being paid as an employee would be too much paperwork/fees hassle for the company. What are my options here? Should I create a sole propriet...
Jan 12th, 2021 7:37 pm
If I'm self-employed and keep running my business with a loss, would I qualify for CERB? Or should I stop working completely?
Apr 4th, 2020 5:48 pm
Hi all, I was laid off recently and got a small severance package. As I understand, I apply for EI right away, but my severance package affects the first day of EI payments - they actually count how many days are covered, add vacation payment, add one week and then start the EI transfers. My questio...
Feb 15th, 2020 10:50 am
I have a question re: calculating income for the self employed. I made a transition to full self-employment (sole proprietorship) in 2019. In 2018, 50% of my income came from traditional employment. I expect most of my future income to come from the business and remain fairly steady/grow slowly. My ...
Dec 30th, 2019 6:47 pm
Hey guys, For the self-employed, do you guys know if we can buy Employment Insurance (losing your job without cause, layoff,etc) , or anything similar? I know we can buy extended EI from the government but that doesn't cover losing ...
Sep 24th, 2019 4:43 pm
... family and I will be moving to Canada as permanent residents in the next couple of months. We are looking to buy a home in the Windsor area. I am self-employed and will not have any Canadian employment nor do I have any Canadian credit history although I have excellent credit in the country I ...
Jul 16th, 2019 7:19 am
Hey guys, If you have a small business or are self-employed, Bell has a nice deal. 940 Mbps Fibe internet for 46$/month and an extra 300$ credit if you are from Cogeco. A couple of guys and myself at my office who do some freelancing have signed ...
Jun 25th, 2019 9:33 am
I would like to share my Employee or Self-Employed story with people. I hope it will help someone because I remember how difficult it was to find right information (sorry for grammar, English is my second language). I was working for one company ...
Mar 6th, 2019 10:59 pm
CMHC aims to make it easier for self-employed to get a mortgage Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is making changes intended to make it easier for the self-employed to qualify for a mortgage. The national housing agency says it’s giving ...
Jul 20th, 2018 7:22 am
Just got a note from CRA saying they were going to make me pay tax by installments. I'm guessing this is because I am self-employed and pay all my taxes at the end of the year. However, I incorporated last year, so my personal income is now effectively zero, save for dividends the ...
May 1st, 2018 1:25 pm
Those of you who are self-employed or consulting, do you pay E.I. premiums to insure yourselves from the impact of potential layoffs and/or loss of earnings?And would you recommend it to others?
Mar 26th, 2018 11:05 am
Recently started a new job after a long time of being a self-employed freelancer. There are advantages of a full-time job with regular paycheques vs hustling for work (although no job really is secure). But the amount of taxes taken off the top of each ...
Feb 17th, 2018 12:48 pm
If a self-employed currently has a mortgage with a Bl lender due to his credit being bad at the time, during renewal can he renew with an A lender. Someone mentioned to me that the government changed rules couple months ago ...
Jan 11th, 2018 7:26 pm
So I know most people get their supplementary health insurance from their employers. But what if you're self-employed? Where do you go to get supplementary health insurance (prescription, vision, dental) for the best deal?Thanks.
Dec 13th, 2017 7:28 am