Money

Make sense of your financials with articles on increasing profit and revenue, managing cash flow, pricing your goods, and raising funds. Plus, learn about working with a bookkeeper or accountant, and how to handle taxes the right way.

7 Important Things to Include When Pricing Custom Work

Someone's asked you to make them a custom piece — great! But how much should you charge, and what goes on your quote? Here are some tips.

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Should You Offer Free Shipping?

Shoppers want it and platforms want it, but free shipping isn’t actually free — it comes with a cost to the seller. Here are some things to think about for your own online store.

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The Ultimate Expenses Checklist for Canadian Handmade Businesses

Want to reduce the taxes you pay? (Yeah, you do.) This free download will help you make sure you don’t forget to account for any of your eligible deductions.

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7 Helpful Tips from our Tax Event

Missed our March 10th tax event? We rounded up expert Jayne Dykstra’s best bookkeeping advice for your business.

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Live Q&A: Your Tax Questions, Answered

March 10, 2022 | Join other Workshop members and bookkeeper Jayne Dykstra for a Q&A on all things income tax and GST/HST.

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Ask the Expert: What Are the Basics of Pricing?

How should you set prices for your handmade goods? Small business coach Patrysha Korchinski lays out the basics.

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15 Tips to Turn Your Side Hustle into a Full-Time Career

Yes, you can build your business into a job that pays — if you have the right strategy. These tips from experienced entrepreneurs will help you get there.

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Ask the Expert: What Is a Tax Writeoff and Why Does It Matter?

We all pay taxes, but you might not need to pay as much as you have been. Bookkeeper Jayne Dykstra fills us in on what counts as a business expense and how — and why — to keep track of all those receipts.

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Ask the Expert: How Do You Prepare for Emergencies in Business?

If the COVID pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the world — and our businesses — can turn upside down in an instant. In our first expert Q&A, maker and business coach Laura-Jean Bernhardson answers one member’s question of how to prepare your business for the worst-case scenario.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Charging Sales Tax in Canada: Everything Makers Need to Know about PST, GST and HST

When do you start adding tax to your handmade products? How do you get a GST/HST number? What do you do with the money once you’ve collected it? We’ve got the answers for you.

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