The Art of the Personal Tax Return

WRITERS, ARTISTS and other FREELANCERS!

Join Vancouver’s Poet Laureate,  Brad Cran (who is also an accoun­tant), for a 3-hour tour of the per­sonal income tax return.

In this ses­sion you will learn how to live the free­lance life and still save for the future, as well as:

• basic account­ing lingo
• the struc­ture of the T1 income tax return
• what you can write off
• options for report­ing income from grants
• how to account for income from self-employment
• to incor­po­rate or not to incorporate

• the dif­fer­ence between an RRSP and a TFSA
• how to speak to an accoun­tant, pre­pare your mate­ri­als and lower your account­ing bill

This work­shop is for artists, design­ers, cul­tural free­lancers and pro­pri­etors of small businesses.

Brad Cran is a writer, pho­tog­ra­pher and long-time con­tribut­ing edi­tor to Geist. Read his work on geist.com.

The Art of the Personal Income Tax Return

Saturday, March 6, 2010
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Listel Hotel
1300 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 684‑8461

Workshop fee: $50 (includes a one-year sub­scrip­tion to Geist for your­self or a friend, or to donate to a Canadian pub­lic library) and remem­ber, it’s tax deductible!

To reg­is­ter please call Geist at (604) 681‑9161 or toll free at 1 – 888-434‑7834 or email geist@geist.com