Hi All,

For the month of April, we will be at City Square Mall, 555 W.12th Ave Vancouver hosting an annual Tax Clinic.

If you want to pop by in person, see you there; otherwise, we can continue to handle your taxes remotely as usual. 

Happy Tax Season :)

Cheers,

Jo

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Top 10 Bookkeeping Mistakes

1. Double Expense
2. Double Invoice
3. Misclass of tax liabilities
4. Wrong Dates 
5. Outstanding items
6. Undeposited funds
7. Opening Equity figures
8. Misclass of expenses (consistency)
9. Missed Shareholder Loan contributions
10. Incorrect taxes tagged on expenses

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Be sure to check out The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) offered by the Government of Canada to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt digital technologies to increase their competitiveness.  There are two components to the program

1. Grant: Eligible businesses will receive a grant to build their digital plan
2. Loan: Interest free loan up to $100K

To help our businesses recover from covid and continue bloom, our Government both federally and provincially have offered quite a few programs and this is one of them.

Don't miss this opportunity. 

Here's a link for more information: Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) | BDC.ca

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WATCH DETAILS HERE: BC Employer Training Grant - YouTube

Watch Video Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlD9mG9XES4&t=5s

HOME OFFICE EXPENSE

Hi Welcome to Bloom Accounting :)

Today I’d like to address deducting home office expense!

There are several methods available to deduct home office expense and which method to use depends on what type of income was generated?

For example, if you worked form home and earned employment earnings, you can deduct home office expenses with form T777 Employment Expenses
You can deduct a pro-rata portion of your home rent, utilities, strata fees, minor repairs and maintenance. If you earned commission income, you can further deduct property taxes and home insurance.  You will need the employer to sign a form T2200 – Declaration of Conditions of Employment and just keep this for your own records, just in case CRA asks for it, but until then no need to send it in.

Now if all this is too complicated and you prefer a simplified method, for years 2020, and 2021 CRA has provided a T777S form available which allows for a flat rate claim of $2/ per day up to a maximum of $400 and $500 respectively.

Now what if you are a business owner and only paid your self dividends?
Your company can pay you personally rent for home office space. You of course then need to include the rental income in form T776 Statement of Real Estate Rental  and can then further deduct pro-rata portion of interest / rent, repairs maintenance, property tax, insurance etc. 

If you are a sole proprietor and you used part of your home to earn your business / professional income, you can write off portion of your home via Form T2125 Statement of Business / Professional Activity.  Bear in mind, for sole proprietor you can not generate a loss from home office, so the maximum you can write off is limited to the income earned.

With all home write offs, don’t’ go writing off 80% of your home, because this will jeopardize your future principal residence capital gain exemption if you sell your home in the future. Keep the write conservative and document the square footage.

If you need any further information or have any questions, feel free to contact Bloom Accounting.

Cheers,

Jo

Ever wonder how to treat vehicle expenses?

Should you own the vehicle through the company or personally?

What if you use the vehicle for both personal and business use?

Here's a link to a short video with some answers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76nBIUy9ouo

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The Application for Closure Relief Grant is Open~

How the grant works

If you were recently mandated to close your business or function at 50% capacity due to public health orders, your business could be eligible for a grant up to $20K to help cove expenses such as rent, insurance, wages, and utilities. 

• Gyms, fitness centres and adult dance centres
• Bars, lounges and nightclubs
• Event venues

Applications remains open February, or until all funding is committed.

The application is quite straight forward and a link to the application page below.

Good luck and stay safe!

To apply visit: COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)

As Omicron variant surges, new restrictions were placed on businesses in the following area:

• Gyms, fitness centres and adult dance centres
• Bars, lounges and nightclubs
• Event venues

There are two levels of financial support to help with the burden from both our Provincial and Federal governments.

British Columbia: Payment up to $10K (see links for more details)

Province of BC Announces COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant - Small Business BC

Federal Lockdown Program for Businesses and Workers:

Government Temporarily Expands Access to Lockdown Program and Worker Lockdown Benefit  - Canada.ca