Taxes for Self-Employed Dance Artists and Cultural Workers

9:30AM to 12:30PM
60$

Online training

Attend to your income tax with more serenity.

Exact schedule

Multi-session course

Thursday, January 23, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Friday, January 24, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Thursday, January 30, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Friday, January 31, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

Whether you are a choreographer, dance or cultural work, untangle income tax for self-employed workers. Learn the basics of accounting, review your taxable earnings and deductible expenses. Get the right tools to both fulfill your financial obligations and benefit from the tax deductions you are eligible for.

The 12-hour training course will take place in hybrid mode over four (4) sessions of three (3) hours each.

Learning Objectives

Know basic accounting principles as they apply to being self-employed, such as different forms of legal incorporation, fiscal years, earning, expenses, capital expenses versus regular expenses, reasonable hope for profit, GST and PST calculations, copyrights, etc.
Develop a better process or improve on your existing financial management process.
Recognize tax rules for declaring income and expenses as a self-employed worker.
Improve your capacity to declare your income tax by yourself or better communicate relevant information to your accountant.

Who can benefit from this training?

Independent dance artists and cultural workers who are self-employed.

Instructor

Guerlane Noël is Director, Tax and Estate Planning for Quebec at Mackenzie Placements. She is a chartered professional accountant and a certified general accountant (CPA, CGA) in Quebec. She received her degree in tax from HEC Montreal. Currently, amongst other projects, she is completing masters in tax law, also at HEC Montreal. She is a member of the Association de planification fiscal and financière and of the Canadian Tax Foundation.

This training program, developed by the Conseil québécois de la musique and offered by the Regroupement québécois de la danse, is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Quebec government, through the Intervention-Compétences program administered by Compétence Culture.