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Home Grown: What you Need to Know to Start Your Own Winery

While aspiring entrepreneurs continue to open their own wineries, there’s more to opening a new business than deciding whether to grow organically. Besides figuring out your licensing requirements, you need to know which taxes and duties to pay - and what recording and reporting you are responsible for.
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Harmonization for Grape Growers and Wineries

With recent announcements from the provincial governments of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec touting the merits of harmonizing their respective sales tax with GST, many businesses are asking what this ultimately means for them. And while harmonization has its benefits, there are some issues to be aware of. Here’s what you need to know.
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A Business Plan is the First Step in Assuring Your Winery’s Success

Ever dream about starting up your own boutique winery? Do you envision long summer afternoons soaking up the Okanagan sun, chatting with tourists who are eager to buy up your award winning wine?
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Operating Lean in the Wine Industry

A little focus on production costs can go a long way towards putting you in control of your bottom line.
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Your Wine Business - It’s more than your livelihood, it’s your life

Good advisors will ask the right questions to make sure they truly understand the core values and motivations of their farm clients. Make sure your advisor understands that what drives you to grow fruit or make wine extends far beyond the bottom line.
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Is Winemaking Farming?

When you are an accountant dealing with tax issues on a daily basis, you need to get comfortable with the fact that there are few “black and white” answers when it comes to Canadian tax law.
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