Got this in an email from Geist, who must be overcaffeinated, as they emailed me twice today:
Shakespeare has had too much coffee
You’re invited to attend
The Art of the Personal Income Tax Return
WRITERS, ARTISTS and other FREELANCERS!
Join Vancouver’s Poet Laureate, Brad Cran (who is also an accountant), for a 3-hour tour of the personal income tax return.
In this session you will learn how to live the freelance life and still save for the future, as well as:
- * basic accounting lingo
- * the structure of the T1 income tax return
- * what you can write off
- * options for reporting income from grants
- * how to account for income from self-employment
- * to incorporate or not to incorporate
- * the difference between an RRSP and a TFSA
- * how to speak to an accountant, prepare your materials and lower your accounting bill
This workshop is for artists, designers, cultural freelancers and proprietors of small businesses.
Brad Cran is a writer, photographer and long-time contributing editor to Geist. Read his work on geist.com.
Register at this page on Geist.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Listel Hotel
1300 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 684‑8461
Workshop fee: $50 (includes a one-year subscription to Geist for yourself or a friend, or to donate to a Canadian public library) and remember, it’s tax deductible!
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