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Tax Chronicles | Season 1States Saturday 🇺🇸Did you knowIf employee or owner reimbursements are not handled through an ac...
09/05/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
States Saturday 🇺🇸

Did you know
If employee or owner reimbursements are not handled through an accountable plan, those payments can be treated as taxable income instead of simple business expense recovery.

What it means for you
This usually becomes a problem in founder-led businesses where expenses are being paid personally and reimbursed informally. On the surface, that feels harmless — the business is just repaying a cost that was incurred for business purposes. But if the reimbursement structure is not properly set up, the tax system may treat that money as compensation instead. That means the business can create payroll exposure, and the recipient may end up being taxed on money that never felt like income in the first place. What starts as an informal habit can become increasingly inefficient as the company grows and expenses become more frequent.

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1Worldview Wednesday 🌎Canadian Mutual Funds Can Become a US Tax TrapA regular Canadian mutual fu...
09/02/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
Worldview Wednesday 🌎

Canadian Mutual Funds Can Become a US Tax Trap

A regular Canadian mutual fund that feels simple and tax-efficient in Canada can become a much more difficult tax asset once you become a US tax resident.

Did you know
A regular Canadian mutual fund that feels simple and tax-efficient in Canada can become a much more difficult tax asset once you become a US tax resident.

What it means for you
This is one of the most common investment traps in a Canada-to-US move because nothing about the account feels risky at first. You already owned the fund in Canada, it sat in a normal non-registered investment account, and it may never have caused any special Canadian reporting problem. But once you become taxable in the US, those same Canadian mutual funds can be treated very differently.

The trap is not just that the investment becomes “foreign.” The bigger issue is that the US tax system often treats certain non-US pooled investment products far less favourably than Canadian investors expect. That can create:
more complex reporting,
higher compliance costs,
less favourable tax treatment than a US-based investor would normally expect,
and in some cases, years of complicated cleanup if the issue is only discovered after the move.
This is why many people only realize the problem after they have already become US tax residents and filed — or failed to file — around those holdings.

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09/01/2026

An S Corporation can offer tax advantages for the right business.
But payroll, reasonable compensation and reporting need to be handled properly.
Structure smarter with Finnection.

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09/01/2026

Accounts like a TFSA can receive very different tax treatment in the US.
A move across the border can create reporting and tax obligations you weren't expecting.
Plan before you move. Talk to Finnection.
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08/31/2026

Everything your Canadian business needs, all under one platform. From bookkeeping and payroll to accounting and tax support, Finnection helps keep your finances organized, compliant and ready for growth.

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1Maple Monday 🍁Not all dividends are equal once the money leaves the corporation.Did you knowEli...
08/31/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
Maple Monday 🍁

Not all dividends are equal once the money leaves the corporation.

Did you know
Eligible and non-eligible dividends do not produce the same personal tax outcome. Eligible dividends are generally connected to income taxed at higher corporate rates, while non-eligible dividends are usually linked to income taxed at lower small-business corporate rates.

What it means for you
This is one of the most misunderstood parts of owner-manager compensation because people often think of “dividends” as one category. They are not. The dividend type depends on how the underlying income was taxed inside the corporation, and that directly affects personal tax when the dividend is paid out. That means a lower corporate tax result inside the company can later be matched with a higher personal tax result on extraction, while income taxed more heavily in the company may produce more favourable personal treatment later. Looking only at one level — corporate or personal — rarely gives the full answer. The real planning issue is how both layers interact.

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1States Saturday 🇺🇸Did you knowAn S corporation election is generally due by March 15 for that t...
08/29/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
States Saturday 🇺🇸

Did you know
An S corporation election is generally due by March 15 for that tax year, but late-election relief may be available in some cases — including a relief window described in your draft as 3 years and 75 days if the conditions are met.

What it means for you
Timing matters a lot here because a missed election can delay the intended tax treatment into a future year. That is why many founders assume the opportunity is gone once March 15 passes. But in some cases, the tax system provides a path to late relief if the facts support it. The problem is that people often do one of two things: they either miss the deadline and assume it is over, or they rely on late relief without checking whether the company really qualifies. Both approaches can create unnecessary mistakes. For growing business owners, this is one of those rules where the deadline is important — but understanding the recovery options can be just as valuable.

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1Worldview Wednesday 🌎A TFSA that is tax-free in Canada can become both a tax and reporting prob...
08/26/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
Worldview Wednesday 🌎

A TFSA that is tax-free in Canada can become both a tax and reporting problem once you are in the US system.
Did you know
The TFSA is not automatically treated by the US the way Canada treats it. Once you become a US tax resident, income and gains inside the account may no longer enjoy the same practical simplicity you are used to in Canada.
What it means for you
This is one of the most misunderstood parts of a Canada-to-US move because the TFSA feels harmless. It is familiar, widely used, and “tax-free” in Canada. But once you enter the US tax system, the account may stop being simple.
There are two separate traps here:
1) The account itself may no longer behave like a tax-free account from a US perspective
That means growth and gains inside the TFSA may still matter for US tax and reporting purposes.
2) What is inside the TFSA can create even bigger problems
If the TFSA holds Canadian mutual funds or ETFs, those holdings often raise PFIC issues from a US tax perspective. That can lead to:
• special reporting,
• complicated calculations,
• and in many cases Form 8621 filing obligations.
Even where the TFSA holds individual stocks rather than Canadian mutual funds, a sale inside the TFSA can still create a gain that may matter from a US perspective even though the sale feels tax-free in Canada.
So the trap is not just the TFSA itself — it is both:
• the account treatment
• and the investment type inside the account

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1Maple Monday 🍁The real benefit of a corporation is often timing, not permanent tax savings.Did ...
08/24/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
Maple Monday 🍁

The real benefit of a corporation is often timing, not permanent tax savings.

Did you know
Earning income through a corporation often produces a timing advantage, not a permanent tax elimination. Corporate income may face a lower initial rate inside the company, but additional personal tax usually applies when funds are later withdrawn as salary or dividends.

What it means for you
This is one of the most important mindset corrections for owner-managers. Many people hear that corporations “pay less tax” and assume the tax savings are permanent. In reality, the advantage often comes from deferral — profits can remain inside the company for investment, operations, or growth before personal tax is triggered later on extraction. That is powerful, but only if the owner does not need all the money personally right away. If corporate profits are being fully withdrawn every year, much of the benefit disappears because the second layer of tax arrives quickly. The real value of a corporation often lies in timing, cash-flow control, and reinvestment capacity — not just the headline corporate rate.

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Tax Chronicles | Season 1States Saturday 🇺🇸Did you knowAn S corporation does not automatically create tax savings simply...
08/22/2026

Tax Chronicles | Season 1
States Saturday 🇺🇸

Did you know
An S corporation does not automatically create tax savings simply because the election is available. The structure becomes more valuable only once profits are high enough for the salary-versus-distribution split to produce meaningful savings.

What it means for you
This is where many founders elect too early. The tax idea sounds attractive — pay yourself a salary, take the rest as distributions, and reduce payroll tax exposure. But if profit is still low, there may not be enough room for that split to create meaningful benefit after accounting for payroll, compliance, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements. In those cases, the structure adds complexity before it adds real value. The question is not whether S corporation treatment can work — it is whether the business is actually profitable enough to support it efficiently. For some companies, the right answer is “not yet,” even if the election is technically available now.

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