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The Dora Mavor Moore Awards honour creators from over 200 theatres, dance and opera productions in 48 categories over the following major divisions: General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Dance and Opera. A jury of eight-to-ten members from the professional performing arts community votes on each award and their desired recipient. Hogg, Shain
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Hogg, Shain & Scheck are, once again, proud to be gold level supporters of The Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards, which are being held Monday, April 30, 2018 at the Telus Centre’s Koerner Hall. The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) represents more than 2,200 professional English-language screenwriters across Canada. These screenwriters have written scripts
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Hogg, Shain, & Scheck (HSS) is pleased to announce that we have won “Best Accounting Firm” in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for the 2018 Acquisition International Accounting, Audit and Tax Awards as well as “Best Accountancy Firm 2018” in Toronto for the 2018 US Business News North American Excellence Awards. This could only be
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On February 6th, Hogg, Shain & Scheck particpated in a staff Bowling Night. The event took place at World Bowl in Richmond Hill. The staff was able to strike up great conversations, let loose and interact outside of the office before the busy tax season. There was also some fun competition, with David Clarke and
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Last fall, the Hogg, Shain & Scheck team attended a play by CORPUS, one of the firms NPO clients. House Guests is an adventurous creation, hosted in the artistic director’s own home. The interactive performance took the team through David Danzon’s home, only to reveal ghosts, childhood games, fairy tales, dreams and much more mysterious
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The Federal Government’s 2018 Budget touts Canada’s strong economic growth over the past two years, including real GDP growth of 3.2 per cent since the second quarter of 2016, an unemployment rate of 5.9 per cent, and significant improvements in average weekly earnings, consumer confidence, and household consumption. Add to first paragraph, after 1st sentence:
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Firstly, the following personal tax credits have been eliminated for Federal tax purposes: The Education and Textbook tax credit; The children’s fitness and arts tax credits; and, The public transit tax credit – this credit was eliminated effective July 1, 2017. Therefore, one can make a claim for the period January 1, 2017 to June
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Overview of the Non-Resident Speculation Tax Effective April 21, 2017, the Government of Ontario introduced the Non-Resident Speculation Tax (the “NRST”). The NRST is a 15% tax on the value of consideration paid to purchase or acquire an interest in residential property located in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region (the “GGHR”) by any of the
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We are pleased to highlight a couple of advancements to the HSS team members you already know. Alex Briganti has been appointed a Partner after spending more than a decade working with and supporting, privately owned businesses. Along with this core focus, Alex will be contributing to growing the not-for-profit practice. We are also delighted
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The disability tax credit (the “DTC”) is a non-refundable tax credit designed to help defray the unavoidable costs associated with an individual’s disability. The DTC is available either to the person with the disability, or to a person supporting the disabled person. For the 2018 year, the federal disability amount is expected to be approximately
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On December 6th, Andersen lead a small group of business owners on a interactive session to “Get Ready for 2018! Some discussion themes discussed included: (see attached handout) -the business cycle -interest rates, inflation, the Canadian dollar, business conditions -possible surprises (oil, housing, wage costs) Peter Andersen is an independent consulting economist, specializing in applied
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On July 18, 2017 Finance Minister Bill Morneau released his much anticipated consultation paper proposing changes to how private corporations are used to gain tax advantages. The proposals outlined in the consultation paper are significant and will affect everyone who owns a private corporation. The following three items are targeted in the consultation paper: ·
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