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Ontario exemption for Employer Health Tax increasing in 2014

The Ontario government passed Supporting Small Businesses Act, 2013 (formerly Bill 105). The changes mean 88 percent of private-sector employers in Ontario effective January 1, 2014, are now be exempt from paying the Employer Health Tax (also know as a payroll tax or EHT).

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Tick Tock: It's time to continue under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

According to data obtained from Corporations Canada, as of September 1st, only 1,663 out of approximately 25,000 corporations have made the corporate changeover to the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act . Recognizing that many of these corporations are inactive, that still leaves thousands of corporations to continue by the October 17, 2014 deadline.

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Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act update

So, the Ontario government is taking another step toward implementing the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. It has introduced, Bill 85, An Act to amend various companies statutes and to amend other statutes consequential to the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, which would make amendments to several existing laws that are necessary before the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act can come into force...

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