7 ways Budget 2017 will affect small business owners + MORE Mar 22nd

Here is the good news in this year’s federal budget: There are no new taxes for investors. The bad news is there is not much new to help entrepreneurs and business owners. In fact, what’s not in this budget might be more eyebrow-raising than what is.
We get the theme: “Building a Strong Middle Class” around innovation, skills and partnerships. And with it, an overriding message: Canadians must prepare with the skills needed for the jobs that will come with a rapidly advancing new economy. But unfortunately there are few specific incentives to address this new economy, especially for small businesses.
There are no tax credits to offset income taxes paid by employers who hire people with “new economy” skills or to encourage investments by new entrepreneurs with great ideas to invest capital in building businesses forward in the economy.
Further, the document predicts tepid growth in the economy going forward to the end of the forecast period ending in 2022…

This monthly series by personal finance specialist Amanda Reaume focuses on how to improve something that many people overlook: your credit score. These posts will give you tips and tricks to improve your chances of getting approved for better rates when you apply for credit – leading to better student loans, car loans and even mortgages.
There are a lot of reasons why someone might want to improve their credit score quickly. Perhaps you’re applying for a mortgage and you fear that you won’t be able to qualify or get a good rate. Or maybe you’re applying for a job or looking to rent an apartment that requires a credit check and you’re afraid that you might lose out if your score is too low.
Having a low credit score can definitely throw a wrench in life’s plans. And the best way to build it up again is to make good credit choices over months and even years.
This is generally a long process, so if your low credit score is stopping you from an opportunity right now, here are four things you can do to improve your score quickly
Correct false records
If you’re looking to improve your credit score quickly, the first thing you should do is get a copy of your credit report…

 

Here is the good news in this year’s federal budget: There are no new taxes for investors. The bad news is there is not much new to help entrepreneurs and business owners. In fact, what’s not in this budget might be more eyebrow-raising than what is.
We get the theme: “Building a Strong Middle Class” around innovation, skills and partnerships. And with it, an overriding message: Canadians must prepare with the skills needed for the jobs that will come with a rapidly advancing new economy. But unfortunately there are few specific incentives to address this new economy, especially for small businesses.
There are no tax credits to offset income taxes paid by employers who hire people with “new economy” skills or to encourage investments by new entrepreneurs with great ideas to invest capital in building businesses forward in the economy.
Further, the document predicts tepid growth in the economy going forward to the end of the forecast period ending in 2022…

Sears, a back-to-school shopping destination for generations of kids and the place newlyweds went to choose appliances, has said that after years of losing money that there is “substantial doubt” it will be able to keep its doors open.
It’s a dramatic acknowledgment from the chain that owns Sears and Kmart stores, which has long held fast to its stance that a turnaround is possible, even as many of its shoppers have moved on to Wal-Mart, Target or Amazon.
Sears has survived of late mainly with millions in loans funneled through the hedge fund of Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert, but with sales fading it is burning through cash. Sears Holdings Corp. said late Tuesday it lost more than $2 billion last year, and its historical operating results indicated doubt about the future of the company that started in the 1880s as a mail-order catalogue business.
At a largely empty Sears store in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the available parking far outstripped the number of cars in the lot, 85-year-old Jack Walsh and his 82-year-old wife, Mary Ann, said they have shopped at Sears their entire lives, buying items from curtains and window treatments to tires and tools…

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