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Filing your Taxes- Easier Than Ever We have made it easier than ever to file your tax return this year. Recently one of our long-time clients, Alexandra, made a comment about how she has no excuse to be late on submitting her documents to us, since we make it so easy! We had a good chuckle about it, but it’s definitely true. Once you receive all of your documents (ex. T4’s, T5’s, RRSP contribution receipts, etc), simply email our office administrator Saina to receive your own personal, secure link. This link will allow you to upload your documents safely and…

Our heartfelt thanks to all who voted for us. We are so honoured to win the North Shore Reader’s Choice Award for North Shore’s favourite accountant. We have worked hard to build our team and our firm these past six years in North Vancouver, and we are so proud to be part of the North Shore community. We promise we will continue to find ways to exceed your expectations, and provide the friendly, professional service you have come to expect from us. Thank you to all our clients and associates in North Vancouver & West Vancouver- we look forward to…

  BC’s Speculation & Vacancy Tax: What you need to know You may have already received some important mail from the BC Government regarding the Speculation and Vacancy Tax. If not, it will be arriving soon. For all homeowners in the taxable regions, there is some important information you need to know. What is it? The Speculation and Vacancy Tax is a new annual tax that affects people who own homes, but do not use it as their principal residence or do not rent it to tenants. In short, it was created to discourage foreign buyers from purchasing properties as…

  Cahill CPA & Helping the Environment Did you know? Cahill CPA prides ourselves on being as paperless as possible! Have you ever seen an Accounting office without rows of file folders or piles of paper? Just another way that we aren’t quite your typical accounting office. We have made a conscious effort to reduce paper use whenever possible, even going as far as getting rid of the office photocopier. We also encourage clients to scan and submit their documents to us electronically, using our secure, online system. This is accessed easily through our website (link here), and has the…

 2019 Tax Changes Impacting Small Businesses & the Self-Employed With a new year, comes new tax changes at the federal level. What does this mean for you personally, or your business? Individuals may notice some changes to their paycheque, but as some taxes/premiums are increasing & others are decreasing, these changes should be slight. The majority of these changes will be affecting small business owners, and those who are self-employed.  Let us summarize a few of the major changes for you: Small Business Tax The small business tax was reduced by 1% (from 10% to 9%), which will most likely…

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year      Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season. We at Cahill CPA wanted to take this opportunity to touch base with our clients, and let you know about a few things going on at our office.     This year we welcomed new staff members Tony Elliot, Nanya Nwokobia, Ahmed El-Alem and Saina Barzin. Our partner Janice Tai went on maternity leave to welcome her new baby boy and will be returning in February. Our wonderful office manager Vaneet Grewal is expecting her first child and will be…

Congratulations to our CFE writers! Congratulations to both Christopher See and Ahmed Al-Elem for passing their CFE exam. Chris and Ahmed are staff members at Cahill CPA who recently passed the CFE exam, qualifying them to become Certified Chartered Accountants. This three day exam involves completing and solving cases, requiring a large breadth & depth of knowledge, as well as technical skills. We are very proud of their hard work and dedication! Today we took part in the long-standing tradition of “tie cutting” during our Monday meeting. Both Christ and Ahmed took part, with partners Wayne and Jordan Cahill doing…