A crucial part of any restaurant business plan is an estimate of your future restaurant sales. You need to have a base number of how much money you think you will bring in on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. Estimating your restaurant sales can be based on the number…

The Canadian home-based business tax deduction I'm referring to here is the business-use-of-home expenses (claimed on line 9945 of the T1 tax form). As I explain in my article, "You can only claim business-use-of-home expenses if your home is your principal place of business, or you use the work space in…

Writing checks may start looking like a good idea again. Debit card issuers, including JPMorgan Chase, may soon limit how much you can spend with your debit card.  Rumor has it that they may set limits of $50 to $100 per transaction. New rules limit how much banks can charge retailers when…