Navigating Compliance For Small Businesses | Canadian Revenue Agency

Vancouver
Thu, Jun 24, 10:00 AM (PDT)

At CRA we recognize that navigating the compliance landscape can be a challenging task for small business owners and the self-employed so we have designed a presentation with Q&A designed to help cut through some of the red tape and hopefully demystify some of the questions often facing entrepreneurs. This is a government service that is free of charge. Come get your pressing questions answered.

About this event

Objectives: At the end of this session, you will have a basic understanding of these concepts:

1. a general overview of revenue & expense concepts;

2. tips for keeping proper books and records;

3. an awareness of the common errors/mistakes that small businesses make;

4. a general overview of GST/HST;

5. basic payroll information;

6. a demonstration of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s

benchmarking tool;

7. a demonstration of available online resources & tools; and

8. answers to your questions

Speakers

Jackson Wai

Canadian Revenue Agency

Team Lead | CRA Liaison Officer

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Robert Spankie

Canadian Revenue Agency

CRA Liaison Officer

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Jackson Wai

Canadian Revenue Agency

I have been with CRA since 2017 and I have been with the Liaison officer Program for the past two years. For the past four months I have been acting as Team Leader for the Liaison Officers at the Vancouver Tax Services Office. Before joining the CRA, I was a financial analyst with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. I am a qualified CPA.

Robert Spankie

Canadian Revenue Agency

I have been with the CRA and its lineal predecessors for over 31 years now. I started with what was then Revenue Canada Taxation as a temporary (filing season) call center agent in February 1990. In June 1997, after having obtained my CMA designation, I became a small to medium enterprise business auditor. I was in that function until around two years ago when I came into the Liaison Officer program and have been there ever since. Prior to coming into the CRA, I worked as an income tax preparer during filing season