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Top 3 Challenges Facing Today’s Tech Entrepreneurs
If you’re a tech entrepreneur, you’re well aware of the “sink or swim” environment within which your company operates. 78.5% of small businesses make it through their first year, about ...
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Relief Provided from GILTI tax for US Expatriates
As part of the US tax reform in late 2017, US citizens who owned Canadian corporations which are CFCs were subject to a repatriation tax on an amount approximating the ...
Online cannabis retail: Is Ontario failing small businesses?
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has recently announced that legal cannabis stores in the province will not be able to offer online retail services to their consumers[1]. ...
SaaS entrepreneurs face unique accounting and tax challenges
It’s been estimated that by 2020, 73%[1] of organizations will have transitioned at least 80% of their apps to SaaS solutions. In 2018, Gartner predicted a 23% spike in SaaS ...
How interest rate swapping can save you money
At Zeifmans, we’ve spent decades working closely with small business owners as they set goals for the future, create strategies to achieve them, and develop the infrastructure to maintain that ...
Taxation of cannabis businesses in the US: the do’s and don’ts
While a number of US states have legalized marijuana and cannabis based products for medical and/or recreational use, the US federal tax rules take a harsh perspective on the deductibility ...
New cannabis products to create further opportunity in Canadian market
Come October of this year, the Canadian recreational cannabis market can expect a flood of new products. And while the Canadian government has only released draft guidelines as of yet, ...
Potential protective refund opportunity for US citizens impacted by repatriation tax
Our US citizen client base had been significantly and adversely impacted by the repatriation tax imposed on the retained earnings of their Canadian corporations. An opportunity may exist to file ...
Zeifmans Quarterly 3 – top tips to know as you begin your real estate business
In this introductory video for our new series, Zeifmans Quarterly 3, catch up with the our Real Estate team, as partners Ahmad Aslam and David Posner answer 3 of your real ...
Leveraging real estate investments – what to consider as you begin to develop your portfolio
Veteran real estate investors often talk about the power of leverage in the context of real estate. Leverage is one of the greatest advantages of real estate investing; it is ...