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This week we featured our resident Small Business and personal chartered accountant, Chris Finlay. We thought it would be an interesting to have a value added discussion at this fun time, tax time….
Our band this week is The Gallop, they are playing Bluesfest on July 6th. You can also catch them June 1st at the Rainbow with Little Stella. The new album has 15 special guest artists on it including Her Harbour. The first song we hear by them is Broken Record.
In our conversation with Chris, we spoke about:
– Home Insurance
– McNabb park’s changes going forward, including the new skate park
– The Gladstone Avenue redesign
– Chris’s designations (US CPA, Canadian CA, CFP, and a couple more since that)
– The accountant’s life and schooling
– Restaurants mentioned as Chris’ favorites were the HPH, Wellington Gastropub and Petit Bill’s Bistro
– Trevor Finlay is a musician from Ottawa living in Nashville and is Chris’ brother
– His experience at the Greco Collonade location, he has lost 5 inches in 3 months…
The second song we heard was Don’t be Afraid by the Gallop.
After the break we spoke about:
– Through out the year he is working with small businesses mostly, during these months he is doing a lot of personal taxes
– The average day of an accountant
– The difference between him and HR Block
– As soon as you have employment expenses, a rental property, a small business on the side, you would go to him
– Some possible rental property errors that he sees
– Kid’s deductions
– Donation deductions
– RRSP tips
– What the price is to use his services
– Follow him @chrisfinlayca for some great tax tips
– What the initial meeting with him is like
– When a company should incorporate
– His location is 21 Concourse Gate, Unit 15
Our final song was Don’t forget by The Gallop
Hope you enjoyed this episode as much as us!
