Alberta does not have living wills. Instead, we have personal directives. You may not be able to make decisions if you suffer a serious:
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injury – like from a car accident
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illness – like a heart attack or disease
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A personal directive is a legal document you make in case you can not make your own personal decisions in the future. A personal directive:
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is optional and voluntary
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names the person or people you have picked to make personal decisions for you – a person you name on the personal directive is called an agent
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makes sure your written instructions are known in case something happens to you
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only comes into effect if you are found to lack capacity – that means you are not able to make your own decisions
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When you make a personal directive, the person or people you pick to be your agent have legal authority to make personal decisions for you. This could be temporary or long term.
Corporate Registry
Ambassador Business Services takes care of all a company’s Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan Corporate filings.
We provide the knowledge and capability needed to answer questions and our specialty is small business owners, who are looking at incorporation or making changes to their companies.
Liz McIntyre has been doing Alberta Corporate Registry filings since 1998 and was the 47thperson in Alberta to achieve accreditation to do Level Three corporate filings. Liz has worked with accounting firms, lawyers, and Private Registries to do their Corporate Filings over the years and is a driving force around educating everyone about Corporate requirements.
Resource: Government of Alberta Registry
File Annual Returns
Every year, after you incorporate your business, the Government of Alberta asks you to tell them the status of your company.
Most companies and company directors, shareholders do not understand why you must keep telling those pesky Governments that you are still in business. They should know that because you are paying taxes to them through an Annual Return…..grrr
But like other words and phrases in the English Language Annual Return has two meanings. We Can Help U with your Government of Alberta Annual Return - are you still in business??
Your accountant or bookkeeper can help you with your Annual Return to the Government of Canada CRA.
Incorporations, Trade Names & Partnerships
We Can Help U decide which type of registration you need. Sometimes, people think they need a Federal Incorporation because they are going to be doing business in all provinces, over the Internet, but that is not the truth in most cases.If you do require Federal Incorporation at your accountant’s advice We Can Help U can work with you and walk you through the necessary steps, then register your new Federal Company Extra Provincially with Alberta as it’s tax center.
Having two corporations, one federal and one provincial doubles the cost of annual returns, corporate changes, and registrations. Do not register a Federal company without talking with us through your options.
We Can Help U set up the right business registration for you, show you how to set up payroll, payables, invoicing, banking, do up a startup budget and how to tell if you are on track for success.
Digital Corporate Minute Books
We Can Help U has partnered with Ambassador Business Services to work with companies to digitize their Minute Books. A Minute Book is the collection of your corporate paperwork from incorporation documents to your Annual Returns (notices to each level of Government) to tell them you are still in business. Many small business owners do not even know where their minute books are or what a minute book is. If you have a lawyer prepare your company – that lawyer keeps your minute book up to date for you at your Annual Return time, but many small business owners keep all their papers in a shoebox.
We Can Help U can take the shoebox and turn it into a stunning Digital Minute Bookkeeping you up to date and compliance-ready for Canada Revenue Agency, your accountant, your banker. With our connections to Government Corporate Registries, we can recreate any corporation’s minute book from scratch if necessary.
We Can also Help U with:
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Most Small Business Needs
From startup up to tax filings, we offer the ability, understanding and knowledge to explain what is needed to get ahead for small businesses.
We provide the support you need.
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Startup Information
We Can Help U has associates to help you with startup information, provide bookkeeping services (if you don’t feel right with an online accounting system like QBO or Sage), set up an inventory program, do invoicing and receivable collections, keep you compliant with GST filings, taxes, government forms. ​
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Health Insurance Plans
We have links to companies who can help you with a health insurance plan, investment strategies for all the money you are going to earn, safe, affordable tax preparation. ​
Over the years, We Can Help U has worked with a lot of Super, Helpful, and Approachable business associates that have supported each other. We have formed a network of abilities that you can call on when you need to!