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Category: tips
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Top 10 Common Bookkeeping Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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Effective bookkeeping is critical for any business, big or small. At Signature Financial, we’re committed to helping businesses in Thunder Bay and across Canada maintain pristine financial records. Here, we outline the top ten bookkeeping errors that we’ve seen businesses encounter, along with practical advice on how to avoid these common pitfalls.
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Common Tax Filing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Tax season can be a stressful time for many Canadians, filled with complicated paperwork and deadlines. Even the most organized individuals can fall prey to common filing mistakes. At Signature Financial, we’re dedicated to making tax preparation in Thunder Bay and across Canada as seamless as possible. This guide is designed to help you identify…
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Tax Tips for Small Canadian Businesses
As a small business owner in Canada, you know that you are entitled to certain tax deductions. Still, there may be some unknown or new tax saving tips that you are completely unaware of. We have complied a few here so that you can look forward to tax time instead of dreading it!
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5 Franchise Industries for a Fun Second Career After Retirement
There are two different ways to think about starting your own franchise business. You can either step forward as a leader in an industry you understand from top to bottom or you can take your cumulative business knowledge and try something new. Many people who buy a franchise as part of their retirement plan, for…
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Plan Your Personal Budget for the New Year!
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The new year always feels like a fresh start – it’s the season to get in shape, eat healthier, and spend more quality time with loved ones. But don’t forget about your personal budget. The approach of the new year means it’s time to get your budget in order too, so that the next twelve…
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Ten Tips to Regain Financial Control
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It’s fall and we all know what that means – the holiday season is around the corner. This can be the toughest time to budget, especially for those of us who were never very good at budgeting in the first place. You still have time to get ahead of the game and prevent losing control…
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The secret to saving money and being happier this Christmas
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As Christmas sneaks up on us, good intentions of saving money melt like snowflakes, and this “merry” time of year quickly escalates into a financial blow out. Then January rolls around and a nasty reality check arrives to hundreds of thousands of homes around the country in the form of a credit card bill.…
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What’s the Scariest Thing About Halloween?
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Your empty wallet! The cash people sink on Halloween is absurd. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates Americans will spend $8.4 billion on Halloween in 2016. Seriously. According to Global News, Canadians spend $137 on average per person ($52 on a costume, $43 on decorations and $42 on candy). So if you’re a family of…
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Avoid Christmas Debt This Year
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Christmas is just a few months away – is your wallet ready? If the holiday season is something you haven’t budgeted for in the past, get ahead of the game this year by starting early. (You’ll thank us come January, when there’s still money in your wallet!)
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Get 2016 Tax Ready For Your Accountant Now
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It’s not too early to get tax ready for your accountant! We’re nearly three-quarters into 2016, and there’s lots you can do today to save you from the stress of tax time in January.