Shaelene’s Tax Tip of the Week – September 16th

Hopefully you haven’t, but maybe you’ve had a loss on one of your allowable business investments. An allowable business investment is any investment in a private Canadian corporation that is a small business corporation that:

a)    carries out 90% of its business on Canadian soil, and;
b)    existed 12 months before the disposition of the investment
 
While capital losses can only be used to reduce capital gains, you can use 50% of an “allowable business investment loss” to reduce all other types of income.
 
Do note that the disposition cannot be with a person you are in an arm’s length relationship with, i.e. a family member.
 
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Shaelene’s Tax Tip of the Week – February 19th

Be aware of “superficial” loss, which happens when you dispose of capital property at a loss but then purchase it back less than 30 days later. This includes any property that creates any capital gain or loss such as an investment. The end result is not being able to claim the loss as a capital loss on your income tax.

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