971 plain-English guides on cross-border moves, US and Canadian returns, and small-business money. Each one ends in what to do next, and says when a written Diagnostic is the smarter first step.
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If you live in one country and have tax obligations in the other, a single power of attorney won't cover you.
Cross-BorderThe short answer: the estate pays, not the children, unless the children received assets from the estate before the tax debt was settled.
Cross-BorderWhen a Canadian resident dies, Canada taxes every dollar of unrealized capital gain as if the person sold everything the day before death.
Cross-BorderIf your income tax returns were filed on time and the only thing missing is a form, one for your Canadian corporation, your TFSA.
US TaxHow associate dentist pay works, from daily rates to production percentages, and how the buy-in that often follows is valued, structured, and taxed.
US TaxThe dental service organization, or DSO, is one of the most consequential structural shifts in the dental industry.
US TaxDental practices often pay temp hygienists on a 1099, but the IRS and state agencies scrutinize these arrangements.
US TaxDental practices run on unique metrics: overhead percentage, production per hour, collection rate, and hygiene ratio.
US TaxThe entity structure a dentist picks affects self-employment tax, liability, associate buy-ins, and sale value.
US TaxA dental practice carries more insurance lines than almost any other small business its size: malpractice, general liability, workers' compensation.
US TaxA dentist over 45 with steady profit can shelter $200,000 or more a year by stacking a cash balance plan on a 401(k).
US TaxA dentist starting a practice faces a fork in the road that changes everything about the first-year tax return.
US TaxNearly every dental practice cost is deductible; equipment comes off in year one through Section 179 (up to $2,500,000 for 2026) or 100% bonus.
US TaxA dental practice sells as assets, and the split on Form 8594 decides the tax: goodwill is capital gain to the seller.
Canadian TaxThen, when the estate redeems or sells those shares back to the corporation, subsection 84(2) converts the redemption proceeds into a deemed dividend.
Cross-BorderIf you're the executor (or liquidator, in Quebec) of a cross-border estate, you've inherited a job with personal financial risk.
Cross-BorderThe two regimes look alike from a distance and behave very differently up close, and the difference is where the money is lost.
US TaxA single-location restaurant with 15 tipped employees can generate $18,000 to $30,000 per year in credits.
Cross-BorderCost segregation on a vacation rental triggers IRC 1245 ordinary recapture on sale, and FIRPTA withholding at closing may not cover the actual tax bill.
US TaxFlipping houses makes you a dealer in the IRS's eyes, meaning ordinary income rates, self-employment tax, UNICAP on rehab costs, and no 1031 exchange.
Cross-BorderA Canadian dies owning a Florida condo and a brokerage account holding US shares. Nine months later the IRS expects a return.
US TaxFranchise bookkeeping must satisfy the franchisor's audit rights and reconcile royalties to POS data. How to build a chart of accounts that handles both.
US TaxEvery franchise agreement has an end date. Whether you're fifteen years into a twenty-year term and starting to think about what comes next.
US TaxIf you're evaluating a franchise opportunity, you've probably been told to "have a lawyer review the FDD." That's good advice.