It’s the New Year, and with the advent of 2012 the Canadian government has introduced some Canadian Pension Plan changes that may have a significant effect on your life and the way you, “choose to live, work and retire,” in Canada. At our Vancouver bookkeeping and accounting firm we often receive questions from clients about how [...]

Are you a U.S citizen living in Canada? You may not be aware of this, but if you are, then you are subject to exactly the same filing requirements that you would be subject to if you were living in the U.S. Many U.S. citizens living in Canada aren’t aware of filing requirements in their [...]

At Acton Accounting and Bookkeeping, we’re constantly trying to find ways to simplify our clients’ business and financial tracking needs. As a Vancouver accounting and bookkeeping services firm a pain point we hear a lot about from our clients is that they would really like to be able to monitor all of their finances in [...]

With summer a mix of more rain than shine here in Vancouver, BC, there are no doubt many business owners looking to get out of the city for awhile. It’s common knowledge that travel expenses incurred while on a business trip can be expensed back to your company, but what about when your on vacation [...]

Ask any successful business owner, management professional, or CEO: what does it take to get my business to the next level? Invariably, these business pros will all advocate that the key factor to your business’ future growth is the ability to look forward and to plan ahead. Planning forces the entrepreneur to adopt the following [...]