Archive for October, 2010

A Visit to a Trade Show

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I attended the Toronto Financial Technology Trade Show last week with a few members of my staff.  We were there to learn about the new developments in accounting and financial software.  As many of our small business clients use QuickBooks by Intuit, Simply Accounting or Business Vision by Sage, we were glad to see that they all had booths at the trade show.  We all learned some new things, saw some new ...

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Thoughts Before You Start A Business

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Look Inward

Before contemplating any business venture it is very important to be true in assessing yourself. Do you have it in you to really get into business or is it because of the bad economy that no one is hiring you therefore you think business is a good option. In your working life what were the major challenges you faced and how did you overcome them more importantly what did you learn from the mistakes your CEO made ...

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Why is HST information so difficult to find?

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I started a discussion on HST over the summer with the intention of making regular posts.  However, life seemed to get in the way and it died a quick death.  This last week I was trying to find whether Nova Scotia had PST or HST and the rate which at which it was to be applied.  I was astounded as to how difficult it was to locate the information.

And so the table below has been created….This table is current as ...

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