Telpay gives you the ability to pay anyone within Canada and around the world electronically. Telpay for Business integrates with your accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger systems and is designed to help your business handle all of its payment needs.

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In addition to fitness programs covered by the children’s fitness tax credit, parents can now claim money spent on programs that focus on fine arts, music, performing arts, outdoor wilderness training, learning a language, studying a culture, tutoring, and more.

When parents claim the children’s arts tax credit – up to a maximum of $500 of the cost of programs – they save as much as $75 at tax time per child claimed.

Find out if your child’s program is eligible for the children’s arts tax credit.

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Have you ever scheduled an online meeting or webinar only to realize on the day it’s being held that you’re away from your computer?

With the GoToMeeting mobile app, you can still attend your webinar from your smartphone. Available for both iOS and Android operating systems, the app will make sure you never miss another online meeting because of location.

GoToMeeting is the easiest and most convenient way to attend online meetings – and now you can take it to go! Download the free app from the Apple App Store or the Android App Market and join meetings in seconds.

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Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, “Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?” In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets.

Making the transition from good to great doesn’t require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner.

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Although it doesn’t seem to be widely publicized, Shaw offers significantly lower prices on their cable, internet and home phone services for full-time post-secondary students who live on their own.

We came across an article on the Young and Thrifty blog in which the author details how she went about getting signed up for the student package and saving a whopping $750 a year on her services with Shaw! One of our staff followed the steps in the article and is also now saving big on her services with Shaw!

Independent full-time students enrolled in a post-secondary program quality for the discount. Valid student idea and proof of enrolment must be provided in order to activate the reduced rates. With savings that significant, it’s definitely worth a phone call and a trip to the nearest Shaw office!

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON THE YOUNG AND THRIFTY WEB SITE >>

PaintballGear.ca is a family-owned and operated distributor of Paintball Gear. They opened their first store in 2003 and have since grown from a staff of 3 to a team of 13. Their warehouse and storefront are located in Coquitlam and they have recently opened a 2nd store, located in Richmond.

PaintballGear.ca is a leader in their industry for customer service, pricing, and reliable professionalism. They offer a 110% price-match guarantee, hassle-free returns for up to 365 days, and a lifetime service warranty on the goods they sell. They also offer free shipping on orders over $150 and if your order is in stock and placed before noon PST, they ship your order the same day. All orders are shipped directly from the warehouse in Coquitlam, so customers do not have deal with border delays or unexpected fees.

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Have you tried it and then gradually fall out of habit? Well, you are not alone!

Journaling does require you to create a new habit, but it’s a habit is strongly linked to success.

A look at successful leaders throughout time reveals they all journal in some way.  Journaling help them gain the clarity of their vision, learn from successes and mistakes, and capture ideas when the iron strikes.  Proponents of journaling state that putting pen to paper to write your vision and goals, sets a stronger intention and makes them seem more real than if you were to type that information into a computer.

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Various dates throughout 2012, beginning January. 18, 2012

If your business has employees or may have employees in the future you need to know about B.C. Employment Standards, Work Safe BC, and Canada Revenue Agency Payroll Information and how they apply to your business.

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Are you constantly trying to keep track of little bits of paper, web site URLs, recipes, to-do list and more? With so many things coming at you from all directions, manual management of all your information can be a real challenge.

Evernote is an awesome free service that lets you store all your notes together in one place, organized how it makes sense to you. Whether it’s a grocery list, notes from a meeting or class, vacation plans or a collection of your favourite web pages, Evernote can help you remember everything, even when you’re on the go.

Best of all, Evernote also has a desktop app and web-based interface as well, all of which stay synced up so your information is accessible no matter where you are.

The Evernote web site has a wealth of tutorials to help you get the most out of the service and inspire you to find new ways to make managing your information more efficient.

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Do you need to understand the financial recovery and your stake in it? Need a whole new financial strategy for the post-crisis future? Want to fortify your portfolio and all other areas of your financial life against the next downturn? Need to hold your financial advisors to task?

You can have all of that and more with this comprehensive guide to the new world economy and the individual’s place in it, written by three of Canada’s leading authorities in tax-efficient wealth management. Join the authors in exploring the link between the global economy and your family’s portfolio.

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While setting up a corporation may seem like a good idea if you’re self-employed, it can have serious tax consequences in certain instances. If Canada Revenue Agency determines that you are, effectively, an “incorporated employee”, it may disallow a number of business expenses as well as the small business deduction which normally applies to the first $500,000 of active business income that a corporation generates. This can result in the corporation’s income being taxed at the highest corporate rate.

Some of the criteria that distinguish a corporation set up by a truly independent contractor versus a personal service corporation (PSC) include whether the corporation has only a single client or very few clients, whether the client provides work space or equipment and how much control the client has over when and where the contractor provides his or her services. Canada Revenue Agency’s interpretation of the Income Tax Act with regards to “incorporated employees” is that, without the existence of the corporation, the person performing the services on behalf of the client company would reasonably be regarded as an officer or employee of that company.

Those who are required to work on-site for their client, on a schedule determined by the client and who are provided with work space and equipment would most definitely be considered to be operating a personal service business by CRA.

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Pareto and NOW Developments are at it again!  Our next project is located at 1915 Stainsbury Avenue near Commercial Street.  This particular block won the Georgia Straight’s ‘Best of Vancouver Awards’ for being Vancouver’s block most worthy of revitalization.

Individual partners can participate in the site’s redevelopment as we move into a residential townhouse and condo community with projected returns in the 18-23% range per annum.

The Pareto Group of Companies targets high-value real estate opportunities that are too large for many individual investors, yet too small in scale to draw interest from institutional players.  It is within this overlooked segment where we can deploy our legal, finance and development expertise to unlock the enormous hidden potential of these assets.

NOW stands for New Original Works and is a development concept built around a series of small, smart, carefully designed additions to neighborhoods and communities throughout Vancouver.

Interested individual investors can read more at: www.paretogroup.com

SUPPORT THE VANCOUVER FOOD BANK SOCIETY BY MAKING A DONATION TO A LOCAL FOOD DRIVE

The Vancouver Food Bank Society holds food drives in conjunction with local businesses and organizations. Find out more about how you can make a donation and make this year a little brighter for a family who needs it.

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When you’re always on the go and shuffling files among your laptop, your desktop and your mobile phone, it can get frustrating. Did you save that all-important proposal on your desktop when you need it on your laptop for an important meeting?

Dropbox can help alleviate the stress of sharing files on multiple computers and mobile phones by syncing items in your Dropbox to all devices you choose to connect with your account.

In addition to having your files synced on your devices, you can also access any of your files directly from a web browser.

Dropbox has free mobile apps available for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android devices, making access to your files easy, no matter where you are.

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Application Deadline
March 31, 2012

This accelerated six session program is designed for women entrepreneurs who are in small and early stage businesses and ready to step up to the business they envision.

What is a Peer Advisory Council?
A group mentorship program led by a facilitator which leverages the energy, experience, and collective wisdom of all the group members to achieve their goals.

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