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		<title>Loaning my own money to a business/selling equity.</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, when the com]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, when the company (corporation) takes in capital the transaction is a loan, the sale of a security or revenue. If it is not a loan and not revenue then the company should issue some type of security and exchange it for the funds. ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[st8ic,
I`m not up to speed on C]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[st8ic,
I`m not up to speed on Canadian tax laws but in the States, generally:
1. Capital received by the corporation as a loan is not treated as income.
2.&nbsp;The interest portion of&nbsp;loan repayments is&nbsp;usually income ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[The way that my accountant advis]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The way that my accountant advised me to do it is to make a shareholder loan to the company. The money is taxed as an income to the company but when the time comes to repay yourself, you don`t personally pay tax on the loan repayments. I`m not sure if the [...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[It is important to avoid "co-min]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It is important to avoid "co-mingling" your personal funds with the company`s funds - so when you provide money to the corporation - it should be documented as either a loan or an investment of capital.
Generally the Articles of Incorporation (w]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  
This is my first post here]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  
This is my first post here.&#160; I`m thinking of starting a new corporation for a business and need to know the right way to go about it.&#160; I plan on bootstrapping the business and funding it with my day job money as I go along.]]></description>
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