A free 60-minute online session for founders who are about to incorporate, or did so in the last year. Any kind of business: service, retail, trades, consulting, tech.
Most founders incorporate with a $200 online form and a search engine, then pay to undo it a year later.
Your presenter: Wei Jiang, CPA
8+ years in Canadian tax
Two Big Four firms: EY, then Deloitte, where he was a Tax Manager leading a team of 10-15 on public high-tech company tax in Ottawa
In-house at Costco Wholesale Canada: Tax Manager (Assistant Director), responsible for income, withholding and sales tax across the Canadian entities, and the point person for CRA audits
Completed the three-year CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course
Today: Co-Founder & Head of Professional Practice at Levante, and founder of his own Ottawa practice
What you’ll leave with
Shares never properly issued. No minute book. A missed HST registration. Personal expenses in the company account. A late payroll remittance. None of it is hard; it’s just never explained in one place, in plain language, before you make the decisions. Wei covers it in an hour, with the current 2026 numbers:
Incorporate or not? A plain answer, plus federal vs. Ontario
What the law requires: the eleven things you must keep and file, and why the minute book matters
Your first month, and every year after: what to set up, what to file, and the deadlines
The questions every new founder asks: moving assets you already own into the company without paying tax, common first-year mistakes, what a compilation report is, and salary vs. dividends
When you need an accountant, and what you can do yourself
A four-page founder checklist that follows the talk, sent to every attendee
Education, not a sales pitch. Written for founders with no accounting background; every term is explained the first time it comes up.
Hosted by Levante, modern accounting for Canadian businesses. The Google Meet link is sent to registered guests before the session.
This event is not affiliated with Invest Ottawa and is independently organized by a third party.
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