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Growth, succession or sale: three key moments when your tax structure can make all the difference
Taxation isn’t just about compliance. It’s a strategic lever. For small and medium-sized businesses, the corporate and tax structure can be a powerful engine for growth or an expensive obstacle.
According to Maxime Meunier, Partner at Forvis Mazars, many entrepreneurs underestimate the extent to which proactive tax planning can shape their business journey. Three pivotal moments illustrate this reality: growth, succession, and sale.
According to Maxime Meunier, Partner at Forvis Mazars, many entrepreneurs underestimate the extent to which proactive tax planning can shape their business journey. Three pivotal moments illustrate this reality: growth, succession, and sale.
What If Sustainable Performance Started with People?
Reconciling identity, ambition, and transformation at Forvis Mazars Canada
In a context where digital transformation, acquisitions, and growth dominate executive agendas, the human dimension often remains a blind spot. For Annie Chaumont, Vice President of Talent & Culture at Forvis Mazars Canada, sustainable performance is rooted first and foremost in human and cultural coherence. Let’s explore her perspective.
In a context where digital transformation, acquisitions, and growth dominate executive agendas, the human dimension often remains a blind spot. For Annie Chaumont, Vice President of Talent & Culture at Forvis Mazars Canada, sustainable performance is rooted first and foremost in human and cultural coherence. Let’s explore her perspective.
Selling Your Business: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know Before Taking the Leap
Selling your business cannot be improvised. Philippe de Gaulle, an expert at Forvis Mazars, shares the key steps to prepare properly: clarify your objectives, structure your organization, and anticipate due diligence in order to maximize value and ensure a successful transition.
The Strategic Role of an Outsourced CFO for Growing SMEs (or Startups)
Leading a growing SME or startup is both exciting and complex. You juggle innovation, sales, operations, and finances. That’s often where silent obstacles emerge. This is where an outsourced CFO can make all the difference, acting as a temporary yet highly strategic right hand. They help structure, clarify, and stabilize the business.
Brigitte Hervieu, Partner at Forvis Mazars, has experience on both sides of the table, having held roles in both public practice and within companies, including Corporate Controller, VP of Finance, and CFO. She shares her perspective on the crucial role this type of temporary support can play at the right moment.
Brigitte Hervieu, Partner at Forvis Mazars, has experience on both sides of the table, having held roles in both public practice and within companies, including Corporate Controller, VP of Finance, and CFO. She shares her perspective on the crucial role this type of temporary support can play at the right moment.
When Fraud Comes from Within: Intervening Quickly, Calmly, and Methodically
Internal fraud rarely looks like sophisticated cyberattacks. More often, it stems from blind trust, weak controls, and repetitive actions that slip under the radar. Forensic accountant Denis Hamel, CPA, CPA•IFA, CIRP, LIT, CFF, CFE, Partner and Leader of Financial Advisory Services at Forvis Mazars in Canada, explains how to act when suspicion arises, what to expect from a financial investigation, and why collaboration with lawyers and senior management makes all the difference.
Learnings from the Standardized Climate Scenario Exercise (SCSE)
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) recently released results of the Standardized Climate Scenario Exercise (SCSE) which involved over 250 financial institutions.
Setting credible net zero targets: Revisions to the SBTi standards
Net-zero commitments are facing heightened scrutiny as regulators and investors demand greater transparency and accountability.
C-suite barometer 2025 : Cutting through competition
At the end of 2024, we collected the views of leaders worldwide for our annual C-suite barometer.
Over 1,700 executives from more than 35 countries contributed, revealing a determination to continue growing amid a more competitive and challenging environment.
Over 1,700 executives from more than 35 countries contributed, revealing a determination to continue growing amid a more competitive and challenging environment.
The release of Canada’s inaugural sustainability disclosure standards
On 18 December 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released the final sustainability disclosure standards: CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures. These standards are effective January 1, 2025 and mark a significant milestone in advancing sustainability reporting in Canada. This follows a public consultation earlier this year on the CSDS exposure drafts, of which the CSSB received feedback from around 529 individuals and 392 organizations across the country.
Year-end tax planning - 2024
Another year is drawing to a close, and there are a number of tax considerations to take into account for 2024. While it’s best to have a sound tax strategy throughout the year, it’s not too late to end the year on the right foot.