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COVID-19 and Working From Home
JANUARY 28, 2021
With the impact of COVID-19 on employees and their need to work from home during 2020, CRA has offered some guidance on claiming home office expenditures.
Our Newest Senior Accountants
JANUARY 4, 2021
Fort Group is excited to announce the promotions of Kyle Buhler, Derek McKnight, and Cherie Weng to Senior Accountant.
Leasing Opportunities at 865 Henderson Highway
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Looking for a great space to relocate to? Starting a business and need a great location?
Fort Group Chartered Professional Accountants is looking for small businesses that have outgrown their home office, are ready to move out of the house, or are simply looking for new space.
COVID-19 Update - PD27 and T4 Requirements - Action Required
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
As a consequence of the various COVID-19 response programs that have been implemented by the Government of Canada and the trend towards having more employees work from home the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has implemented new and additional reporting requirements for 2020.
These requirements are mandatory for all organizations that incur payroll costs, and we strongly encourage you to bookmark this post as a reference - some of these requirements are time sensitive.
COVID-19 Update - Changes to Federal and Provincial Programs
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
On October 9, 2020, the Government of Canada announced new and extended programs aimed at helping businesses with reduced revenues and increased costs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic operate through the end of 2020 and first half of 2021.
On November 10, 2020, the Government of Manitoba announced new provincial programs and alterations to existing programs.
We will post another article tomorrow which will include new reporting requirements that will impact all organizations that incur payroll costs.
COVID-19 Update - Personal Benefits
OCTOBER 30, 2020
New legislation enabling the Government of Canada to support Canadian workers through the next phase of the recovery from COVID-19, and to avoid a gap in coverage after they have received their last Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments was passed under the COVID-19 Response Measures Act on October 2, 2020.
The Act creates three new temporary Canada Recovery Benefits to provide income support to Canadian workers while promoting economic recovery with measures that encourage people to return to work.
COVID-19 Update: Government Subsidies for Businesses
OCTOBER 17, 2020
On October 9, 2020, the Government of Canada announced new and extended programs aimed at helping businesses with reduced revenues and increased costs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic operate through the end of 2020 and first half of 2021.
New legislation is expected to be introduced and passed shortly.
COVID-19 Update - Federal and Provincial Wage Subsidies
JULY 21, 2020
Update Regarding Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
On July 17, 2020, the Government of Canada issued their DRAFT legislation to extend The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) until December 19, 2020. The details of the program have only been released up to November 21, 2020. Prior to the extension, the government subsidized eligible employers up to 75% of employee wages if revenues declined by 30% or more.
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