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Canada Summer Jobs 2017 Application Period for Employers Extended

If your small business is considering hiring a few student employees for the summer season, and you haven’t already submitted a Canada Summer Jobs application, you’re getting a bit of extra time to do so.

What Can I Deduct as a Business Expense?

At the end of the day you have to ask yourself a simple question: was this expense paid, primarily, in an effort to earn business income? If the answer is yes, it is deductible, if the answer is no, it is not.

Recent posts

How to Pay Yourself in a Small Business

As the owner-manager of a Canadian small business corporation, you have two options when it comes to paying yourself: a dividend or a salary. We discuss the pros and cons of each option in this post.

Small Business • Payroll

Why Incorporate Your Business?

Thinking about incorporating your business? We'll walk you through the benefits.

Origami Hits the Streets

The Origami crew gets a shiny new MINI wrap fromFleetFX.

Accounting for Wedding Professionals

Origami is hosting a network and learn event for wedding industry professionals. If that describes your business, then we would like to extend an invitation to you.

Personal Tax Time

It's March! The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and personal tax season is upon us.

Lunch and Learn in Edmonton

On Thursday, February 23rd, Origami Accounting held a Lunch and Learn event at the Alberta Advanced Technology Centre.

Origami Accounting Opens New Office in Calgary

Early this year, we opened a new office in Calgary. We're busy getting the word out in the small business community about our new accounting service.

February is T4 Month

February is upon us and the news from Pennsylvania is that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, which means six more weeks of winter. The other bad news is it’s time to file your T4s and T5s.

Taxes • Canada Revenue Agency

Why Do Small Businesses Need Financial Statements?

There are few questions more shocking to an accountant than “Why do we need financial statements?”

Small Business • Canada Revenue Agency

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