Your Step-by-Step Guide to Buying a Franchise

people signing the papers to purchase a franchise

If you have entrepreneurial dreams, but the thought of starting a business from scratch seems daunting, a franchise can be the perfect opportunity. By buying a franchise, you get an existing brand with name recognition, and a formula for operating the business. But you still have work to do. Here we’ll cover the steps that…

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Ontario Business Registry: 6 Best Tips To Do It Right

When you start a business, one of the first few things you must do is enlist your establishment into your local business registry. By doing so, you’re essentially establishing your business as a reliable entity for customers, suppliers, and job seekers. It also allows you to fully market your brand not just in your locality…

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4 Surefire Tips for Picking the Right Entity for Your Small Business

There’s one crucial step in starting a small business that many entrepreneurs forget to consider. Before you can file paperwork and officially organize your company, you need to decide how to structure your new business. When you choose how to structure your company, you’re essentially deciding how your small business entity will be recognized by…

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What’s the Difference Between an LLC and an LLP?

There’s only one letter difference, so how different can they be? When you’re deciding how to choose the right entity for your business, there are a few important acronyms to learn and differentiate. A Limited liability Company (LLC) is a legal entity under which you operate a business. With an LLC, you pick up the ownership share…

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What Business Entity is Right for an Amazon Seller?

If you sell products on Amazon, this might very well be the first time you’ve been self-employed. There are a lot of responsibilities that go along with being your own boss. Keeping track of your stock, interacting with customers, managing your online presence, as well as reporting your business earnings on your income tax return.…

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Rideshare Driver? Cover Your Assets with an LLC

If you’re driving for Uber or Lyft, this might be the first time you’ve taken on the responsibilities of self-employment, including reporting business earnings on your income tax return. Ridesharing is a bit different than other businesses, and you have a few options for how you report that income—you can use a Schedule C, or…

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Which Business Entity is Right for You?

Have you been dreaming about starting your own business? Congratulations! But now what? There is a lot to think about when establishing your new business. One of the first steps for many entrepreneurs is setting up their business entity—whether you’re a rideshare driver, a real estate professional, or a graphic designer, setting up your business…

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Best Tax Practices to Start Now

With 2019 going by at breakneck speed, now might be a good time to consider some new tax practices that can benefit your business both in the near and long term. Here are some best tax practices to start practicing now that will allow you to grow your enterprise and add to your business success.…

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Rethinking Your Business Entity Choice in Light of the TCJA

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made historic changes to the federal tax code. While all types of business entities have received a significant tax break, some have fared better than others. Depending on your business, it may be to your advantage to rethink your current business structure. Keep in mind, though, that there are…

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