STARTING A BUSINESS IN QUEBEC

Jamie BenizriFounder and Senior Attorney

How to Cut Your Taxes, Protect Your Assetsand Protect Your Intellectual Property

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The ins and outs of INCORPORATION

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5 Benefits of Incorporation

Payout optionsLimited liability Leave money in the corporation

Benefit from a lower tax rate

Tax exemptions when selling

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Incorporation 101

Where will you operate?

Do you want added

protection?

Do you want to cut down on

costs?

Provincial or Federal?

Are the members of

your Board of Directors Canadian residents?

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Incorporation 101

Do you have assets to protect?

Will you more revenue than you need to

live on?

How fast will your business

generate revenue?

Do you want to raise capital?

Should You Incorporate?

Do you plan to sell your business?

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Incorporation 101

Incorporating in the wrong jurisdiction

Describing your corporation incorrectly

Not giving your corporation a

name

Skipping the shareholders agreement

Top Incorporation Mistakes

Believing that limited liability

means unlimited liability

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the ins and outs ofTRADEMARKS

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BRAND INSURANCE

1. Can I search on my own?

2. If I use it first, isn’t it mine?

3. If I registered or incorporated my business, isn’t the name mine?

4. If I registered the domain name, isn’t the name mine?

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English or French?

Federal jurisdiction-

CIPO New legislation

Supreme Court and Court of

Appeals ruling

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• New regulations on the way

• Addition of French descriptor

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