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CANADA - ONTARIO JOB GRANT PROGRAM

What is it?

The Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) provides opportunities for employers to invest in their workforce with help from the government. It provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium and large size businesses.

How It Works:

• Employers can get up to $10,000 in government support per person for training costs. • The training has to be delivered by an eligible, third-party trainer. • Employers with 100 or more employees need to contribute 1/2 of the training costs. Employers with less than 100 employees need to contribute 1/6 of the training costs. • For employer groups that want to apply, the government offers a

COJG Consortium Stream. This allows two or more employers to pool their resources to support common training objectives and goals. To apply as a consortium, the intermediary organization needs to ensure all the participating employers and trainees meet COJG requirements, and are able to make their required contribution towards the training cost. • Most organizations acting as an intermediary are eligible for administrative funding equal to 15% of the government contribution.

Who Is Eligible?

For your application to be considered for funding, these requirements must be met: • You are licensed to operate your business in Ontario; • You are applying to train an Ontario resident you employ or will employ; • You are applying for training that will be delivered in Ontario and is related to a job that is also located in Ontario; • You are in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Employment Standards Act; • You are in compliance with all applicable federal and provincial human rights legislation, regulations, and any other relevant standards; • You have adequate third-party liability insurance as advised by your insurance broker; • You have Workplace Safety Insurance coverage; • You are not a federal, provincial, or municipal government or agency;

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell

• You are not a designated broader public sector organization, as defined by the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act; • You are not a district social services administration board established under the District Social Services Administration Boards Act, notwithstanding their exclusion under the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act; • You are not an Employment Service or a Canada-Ontario Job Grant service provider; • You are not in receipt of other government funds related to the same skills training for the same individual(s); and • You must not use training participants to displace existing staff or replace staff currently on lay-off.

Find out if you are eligible and apply today at http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/cojg/

EDUCATION & TRAINING CORPORATE TAX WRITE-OFFS

A corporate tax return is actually really straight forward. You start with the gross sales (revenue) and then deduct all of the eligible business expenses. Training and education courses are part of those business expenses.

Corporate taxes don’t have tax credits like a personal return does. Instead, you pay income tax on the full amount of your profit (revenue minus expenses), regardless of how small that profit may be. So, the more you spend on Education and Training, the less tax you pay.

*Make sure to hold onto your receipts! *Certain limits apply, see your tax specialist for details.

Currently in Ontario, the corporate tax rate is 12.2% on your first $500,000 of profit. Once you exceed $500,000 the rate increases to 26.5%.