Securing financing from a top lender like BDC doesn’t depend on luck or a splashy pitch deck. There’s a surprising amount you and Zeifmans Technology and Startups team can do beforehand ...
Remodelling your real estate business plan: A guide for entrepreneurs
Unless you’re a perfectly preserved mid-century rancher, there’s always room for renovations. When it comes to your real estate business plan, it’s understandable that you may require some tweaks throughout the ...
Top 10 pitfalls of real estate financial reporting
The relationship between business owner and accountant is paramount to the success of a real estate business, in particular when it comes to your financial reporting needs. That’s why Zeifmans ...
How Bill C-208 will ease the tax burden on family business
Family business is the backbone of the Canadian economy. When a family business is passed down to the next generation, we see so many positive ripple effects in the economy: ...
Bid to repeal Section 280E up in smoke: How the recent ruling affects American cannabis
Regulatory support will always trail behind public acceptance and one prominent example of this is the US’s outdated Internal Revenue Code Section 280E as it relates to the cannabis industry. In a long well-publicized battle, Oakland-based Harborside Inc. (listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange and operator ...
Will stock option taxation changes hurt hiring?
Employers in Canada’s emerging industries like cannabis, psychedelics, and agritech are concerned about how upcoming changes to the taxation of stock options will impact their ability to recruit top talent. ...
Procurement prep and supply chain stability in 2021
Roughly a year ago, we published a blog post outlining the ways in which businesses needed to pivot in order to succeed amidst early–COVID supply chain shortages. Little did we know that ...
Thriving during economic recovery: A guide for businesses
Have you stopped to poke your head up yet? For many Canadian businesses, the last year has felt like competing in an Olympic-level hurdles race. We’ve weathered one challenge after ...
Canadian real estate trends + opportunities in 2021
Looking back at initial predictions for the Canadian real estate market at the beginning of the COVID crisis, you might think you were reading a dystopian nightmare. All logic pointed ...