This article discusses the tax issues around issuing shares vs granting options to employees of both public and private Canadian companies. There are major tax implications that are unknown to most people – including the politicians who are trying to encourage entrepreneurship.
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Shares vs Stock Options
May 30th, 2011 
Mike Making Canada Innovative
January 30th, 2011 Mike Innovation is a popular subject these days. It was raised by Obama in his State of the Union address as a major challenge for Americans. Here, in Canada, many think tanks, committees, interest groups, etc are rallying to the call for more Innovation.
Investing in Greentech Start-ups
October 30th, 2010 Mike At the October 28, 2010 Vancouver Greentech Exchange, Mike talked about investment options for investors, challenges for entrepreneurs, incentives and impediments to innovation and finally explained a new investment vehicle – GreenAngel Energy Corp – could benefit both investors and entrepreneurs. Here is a summary of Mike’s talk:
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Tags: angels, clean tech, green tech, investing 
Comments Off on Investing in Greentech Start-upsAn Innovative Strategy
October 13th, 2010 Mike The Globe and Mail reported today (Oct 13, 2010) that a blue-chip panel of experts (including me, so maybe it’s not entirely blue-chip) has come up with recommendations to turn Canada into a “nation of innovators”. (see story). The complete report is available on this website by clicking here.
Posted in Commercialization & Innovation Tags: coalition for innovation, innovation, innovation strategy Comments Off on An Innovative StrategyThe HST Debate: The Outcome
September 18th, 2010 Mike BC’ers voted against the HST last week (Aug 26, 2011) in favor of re-instating a double tax system. According to many press articles, it appears that those who voted to keep the HST were better educated, more prosperous, and self employed business people. Did the others not get the big picture? Or did they vote […]
Impediments to Innovation
September 10th, 2010 Mike There’s a lot of talk and discussion about what we can do in Canada to stimulate more innovation and commercialization of research.
Posted in Commercialization & Innovation Tags: innovation impediments, securities exemptions, stock options taxation Comments Off on Impediments to InnovationB.C. Investment Tax Credit Program
September 9th, 2010 Mike This is a brief overview of B.C. Government’s investment tax credit program.
Posted in Commercialization & Innovation Tags: angel investor, tax credit, VCC, wutif Comments Off on B.C. Investment Tax Credit ProgramUnsolicited Proposals and SBIR
September 9th, 2010 Mike In the U.S., government encourages innovation using the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR). In Canada, we used to have something similar – the Unsolicited Proposal Program – but now the popular SRED tax credit has supplanted it.
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