Focus Bulletin – Budgeting beyond cost control (January 2014)
Where does the budget originate from? What is the utility of a budget? Too often are we noticing in our practice that a budget is just a fiscal and accounting exercise, generally unconnected to the...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – New First-Time Claimant Advisory Service in SR&ED – the FTCAS
Perhaps you have just received a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency (hereinafter the “CRA”) which informs you that you have been selected to receive the First-Time Claimant Advisory Service...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – New Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act
The new Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act will be effective as of July 1, 2014. Are you ready to comply with it? Enterprises concerned by the bill will be required to offer a voluntary retirement...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – SR&ED: Better understand the impact of examinations
The Claim Review Manual (CRM) favours a greater transparency by requiring from Research and Technology Advisors (RTA) that they determine the eligibility of SR&ED requests and other issues related...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – Assessment regarding the maintenance of pay equity
Pay equity is a law! Are you ready to comply with it? The Pay Equity Act provides the realization of an assessment of the maintenance of pay equity every five years. Consequently, any enterprise that...
View ArticleBulletin Focus – Five recommendations before going international
No matter the size or business area of enterprises, there comes a time for some of them when continuity means accessing new markets. The appeal of going international can be felt on different...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – Making better plans for innovation aids: a winning strategy
Strategic planning is one of the best practices contributing to position an enterprise as a leader on a given market. In this sense, resorting to technological innovation, in the context of a strategic...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – SR&ED tax credits: a new way to assess projects eligibility...
Over the past few years, various changes have been made to the scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax credit program. At the end of 2012, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – Business start-up (November 2013)
Does your business plan reflect your vision and expectations? Often mistaken for a series of more or less notional numbers intended to reassure potential partners or investors, the business plan rather...
View ArticleFocus Bulletin – Pay equity is a law! Are you ready to comply with it? (July...
The new regulation concerning the employer’s return as to pay equity is effective since March 1, 2011. According to this return, each year, employers must provide information allowing them to determine...
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