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Business Owner Planning

Financial planning for business owners.

Advice-only planning for owners and families coordinating business cash flow, personal spending, tax, retained earnings, succession and long-term wealth.

Tax Strategy

Turning corporate wealth into after-tax wealth.

For business owners, the gap between a good outcome and a great one is usually tax. We help plan the strategies that move money out of the company, and eventually out of your estate, with the least tax possible, coordinated with your accountant.

Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption

Structuring and purifying the company ahead of time so a future sale of qualified small business shares can shelter a large capital gain from tax.

Salary vs. dividend optimization

Choosing the compensation mix that manages CPP, RRSP room, tax instalments and personal cash flow, rather than defaulting to one approach.

Income splitting within TOSI rules

Using family compensation, prescribed-rate loans and family trusts where they legitimately apply after the tax on split income rules.

Capital Dividend Account (CDA)

Tracking and paying out the tax-free portion of capital gains and life-insurance proceeds to shareholders at the right time.

Estate freeze

Locking in today's company value to you and shifting future growth to the next generation, capping the tax bill that lands at death.

Retained-earnings deferral

Using the corporation as a long-term investment pool while managing passive-income rules and a tax-efficient path for eventual withdrawals.

Common Business Owner Questions

Your business and personal finances are connected.

Owner compensation, tax instalments, business reinvestment, retained earnings, family spending and retirement planning all pull on the same cash flow. We help you see the tradeoffs clearly.

01

How much can I safely take out?

We model personal spending, tax, debt, business reserves and reinvestment needs so withdrawals do not put pressure on the company.

02

Salary, dividends, or draws?

The right compensation mix can affect CPP, RRSP room, tax instalments, mortgage qualification and retirement savings flexibility.

03

What should stay in the corporation?

Retained earnings can support resilience, growth and investing, but idle cash, passive income rules and liquidity needs require structure.

04

Can the business fund retirement?

We connect business value, corporate investments, registered accounts, CPP/OAS timing and tax-efficient withdrawal sequencing.

05

What if I sell or transition?

Succession, liquidity events, capital gains, estate planning and family expectations are easier to manage before a deal is in motion.

06

How do I protect family wealth?

Insurance, estate liquidity, shareholder agreements, beneficiary choices and family communication all matter when wealth is tied to a company.

Cash Flow & Control

The planning problem is not just the business. It is the household attached to it.

Many owners are profitable on paper but still unsure what they can spend, invest, borrow, gift or save without weakening the business.

We help coordinate the owner's personal plan with business cash flow, accountant input, debt obligations, family needs and long-term exit or retirement goals.

Bring structure to the decisions around your business and family wealth.

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