FREE Financial Tools & Resources

From tracking home office expenses, calculating your profit,

to understanding your GST/HST requirements (and more),

Signal Tides is your partner in smooth financial waters!

Explore our FREE financial tools and resources created by CEO, Erika Dowell, to help you navigate business ownership with confidence:

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Home Office Expense Spreadsheet

If you work from home and are running your business you can write off a certain amount of home expenses. 


This spreadsheet tool helps you write off your home office expenses such as internet, utilities, water, power, all in accordance to the size of your office in your home.

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Home Office Expense Spreadsheet Resource form:

Prompt to enter your first name and email to then be able to be sent our Home Office Expense Spreadsheet, which helps you write off your home office expenses (internet, utilities, water, power, etc.).

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Profit Calculator

Why does knowing your break-even point matter on a monthly and yearly basis? 


Well, we’re talking about the difference between making a profit, and losing money… so it matters!
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Increase your financial literacy and make confident, strategic decisions about the direction of your company when you know how much money you need to earn each month, and year in order to make a go of it!

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Profit Calculator Resource form:

Prompt to enter your first name and email to then be able to be sent our Profit Calculator/Breakeven Analysis Spreadsheet to help you understand what you need to sell in order to breakeven and more than that, start making money!

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A Guide to GST/HST

Understanding Sales Tax in Canada can be complicated. It's also one of the most asked questions from business owners. We've made this infographic and guide to help you understand your GST/HST requirements.

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Simply follow the infographic to understand if you should be registering for Sales Tax and what you should be charging.


Enter your first name and email address to download this guide for FREE:

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Guide to GST/HST Resource form:

Prompt to enter your first name and email to then be able to be sent our Guide to GST/HST, which breaks down the different tax rates across Canada, and a flow chart to help you navigate if you need to register for sales tax and charge for sales tax.

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Business Expenses Checklist

Whether or not you’re a bookkeeping newbie or have been around the block a few times, we think you’ll find this checklist, adapted from the CRA, useful when preparing your accounts for tracking expenses and when preparing your taxes!

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Business Expenses Checklist form:

Prompt to enter your first name and email to then be able to be sent our Business Expenses Checklist, which helps you understand which business-related expenses you should be tracking and why.

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Monthly Reconciliation Checklist

Are you a Canadian Business Owner, or a new start-up DIYing your bookkeeping? 


We created this free resource to help you through your own bookkeeping process each month. 


Repeat and re-use each month so you don’t miss anything. You’ll also see your efficiency improve!

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Monthly Reconciliation Checklist Resource form:

Prompt to enter your first name and email to then be able to be sent our Monthly Reconciliation Checklist which helps you understand the end-of-month bookkeeping process of reconciling your accounts.