4 Tips on Cutting Your Tax Bills for 2016
Erwin and I went on a cruise. Just the TWO of us. Woo-hooh! We are so lucky that my mother-in-law agreed to help take care of the kids. For the first time since I have become a mom, Erwin and...
How to Deduct Home Office Expenses for the Self-Employed
(Our last group workout at Radix Performance in Oakville. Source.) A few of my friends become first time moms recently. Being a new mom is not easy. Your body has to heal. You have to learn to breastfeed and you...
Estate Planning: What Happens after Happily Ever After?
I always have great conversations with my bookkeeper. Her name is Lihua. She lives close to me and was really just looking for a part-time role working from home and we clicked immediately. She’s been a stay at home mom...
Success is Measured in Inches, Not Miles: A Tribute to the Most Extraordinary Woman I’ve Ever Known
I was presenting at the Thornhill Wealth Forum the other day and had a great conversation with its host Rachel Oliver. She made a comment about how she was surprised that few women are involved in real estate investing. She’s...
How to Deduct Entertainment & Meal Expenses for Your Business
I am going to start off my blog post with some great news! First things first, I was finally able to do a rope climb! I’ve never in my life expected myself to be able to climb a rope and...
New Residential Housing Rebates: You May Lose Them in These 4 Common Scenarios
On this past Election Day, I ended the 6 week fitness challenge at our gym. We did a few workouts and achieved all our personal records on certain lifts. I did 185lbs deadlift x 3 reps (never had I done...
Important News For People Who Are Claiming Principal Residence Exemption
As a child who grew up in Hong Kong, we never really celebrated Halloween. I did go to a couple of haunted houses as a teenager in Toronto, but we never really went out trick-or-treating. It was the first time...
4 Recent Tax Updates That Would Affect Principal Residence Deduction
It’s getting cold. Before it gets to freezing cold, we took our kids to a nearby farm to pick apples this past weekend. As we parked our car to enter the farm, we saw two bus loads of Chinese tourists...
Dividends vs. Salary: 5 Tips to Help You Choose How to Get Paid From Your Corporation
It’s not always easy to come up with a topic to write every week. Recently, someone suggested to me that I should write about how to teach finance to kids these days. I dragged on to write about this for...
Why the Rich Get A LOT Richer with Corporations
Jays are hot these days! 🙂 Watching their games can be stressful, thanks to Donaldson, they somehow managed to sweep the Texas Rangers. Other than cheering to our favorite team, we also did a little bit of charity work this...