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The Art of the Personal Tax Return

By Eric Hill • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Advice, From the Interweb, Happenings

The Art of the Personal Tax Return

WRITERS, ARTISTS and other FREELANCERS!

brad cranJoin 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.


The Art of the Personal Income Tax Return

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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