Hiring your first employee

Hiring your first employee

Your business us growing and you’re ready to take the plung and hire an employee.  Congratulations.  There are a number of things that you need to think about, especially as you get started.  Please also note that lows vary by Province – based on where the employment...
Contractor or Employee

Contractor or Employee

IMPORTANT: This post is specific to Canada. If you are not a Canada business/taxpayer then it is probably not applicable to you. It’s all the rage to hire casual or fixed-term staff as “contractors” and not put them on payroll.  This is often advantageous to the...
How do I complete the U.S. W-8BEN-E form?

How do I complete the U.S. W-8BEN-E form?

If you’re a Canadian or Kiwi business and you work with customers in the US it probably won’t be long until someone asks you to complete a version of form W-8. In fact, they all should ask you to complete it, but many don’t know of it’s existence. The form is part of...