Hello friends! Tax season is around the corner, which means it’s time again for Xpace Cultural Centre’s Annual Tax Workshop 👛

📍Friday, February 18th
📍2 – 5 PM
📍Free/ PWYC (Suggested $5). No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Taxes are particularly perplexing and stressful for artists, designers and independent creatives. By understanding the tax system and how it affects your practice, you’ll pay less taxes and avoid falling prey to erroneous information. Most visual artists and/or designers are considered self-employed when filing their taxes. In a legal sense this means that your business as a creative worker, and you as an individual taxpayer, are one and the same. Also, as an artist, there are a number of deductions that are unique to you!

Topics Covered:

– Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

– Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP’S)

– Legal Entities

– Employment vs. Self-Employment

– Self-Employment Expenses

– Filing Requirements

– Record Keeping

✉️ RSVP: www.xpace.eventbrite.com ✉️

This workshop will be hosted on Zoom and the link will be emailed to registered participants 2 hours before the event.
*This workshop is popular and fills up fast, so if you can’t make it, please be considerate and cancel your ticket at least 24hrs prior the event. We know it’s a hectic time, but doing this helps us avoid empty spots by giving your ticket to someone on the waitlist who is also interested in attending. Thanks!

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
Tova is a senior tax preparer at Artbooks, where she has worked for over 12 years. During this time she has prepared several hundred tax returns every year for a variety of visual/musical/performing and other artists. Tova graduated with a BFA-Distinction from Concordia University. When she’s not at Artbooks, Tova is a working actor in film/television/commercials in Toronto.

Poster by Anjelica DeLeon