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Working for yourself 2 min
Before paying another freelancer
Keep the agreement, actual working arrangement, invoice, tax details and payment trail together, and check information-slip obligations early.
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Jobs & employment 2 min
Your employer paid it back. Can you still deduct it?
Distinguish an actual-cost reimbursement from an allowance before deciding how an employment expense belongs in your tax file.
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Working for yourself 2 min
Paying yourself from a sole proprietorship
A personal transfer changes the cash available, not the profit calculation. Keep owner withdrawals separate from employee payroll and business costs.
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Working for yourself 3 min
Laurence checks both instalment accounts
Apply the $1,800 tests separately, choose a calculation method and send each income-tax instalment to the correct account.
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Filing & corrections 3 min
I filed my taxes. Quebec was still waiting.
A practical way to keep the federal and Quebec returns, confirmations, assessments and payments straight, even when one software prepares both.
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Homes & rentals 3 min
Claire's bathroom invoice needed more than one total
Separate qualifying accessibility work from cosmetic changes, apply the shared expense limit and avoid the medical-credit double claim from 2026.
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