Small Business Deduction (SBD)

Canadian Tax Essentials: Personal & Corporate · 4:01

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[Verse 1]
When you're Canadian controlled and private too
Active business income flowing through
Up to the limit, there's a break for you
Small Business Deduction, tax rate reduced

Corporation qualified, ownership's key
Fifty percent Canadian residency
Active business earnings, not investment gains
Lower federal rate is what remains

[Chorus]
SBD, saves you money
Eleven percent federal, isn't that sunny
Four hundred thousand business limit cap
Associated corps must share that gap
CCPC with active income flow
Small Business Deduction helps you grow

[Verse 2]
Associated corporation rules apply
When control connects, you can't deny
Same people controlling different entities
Must share the limit, no duplicities

De jure control means more than fifty
De facto control can be more shifty
Related persons, look-through rules
Family connections, these are the tools

[Chorus]
SBD, saves you money
Eleven percent federal, isn't that sunny
Four hundred thousand business limit cap
Associated corps must share that gap
CCPC with active income flow
Small Business Deduction helps you grow

[Bridge]
Active business income defined with care
Not specified investment income there
Not personal services business disguised
Manufacturing, retail, well-advised

Taxable capital over fifty million
Phases out the deduction, that's the drill then
Large corporations lose the small biz rate
Income threshold seals their fate

[Verse 3]
Calculate the deduction, take the least
Of active business income, that's the piece
Or business limit allocated fair
Among associated corps that share

Federal rate eleven point five percent
Provincial rates vary where you're sent
Combined small business rate so low
Helps small enterprises grow and grow

[Chorus]
SBD, saves you money
Eleven percent federal, isn't that sunny
Four hundred thousand business limit cap
Associated corps must share that gap
CCPC with active income flow
Small Business Deduction helps you grow

[Outro]
Canadian controlled private corporation
Small Business Deduction across the nation
Active business income, stay within the limit
Tax advantages for those who are in it

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