Yarmouth & Area Chamber of 
Commerce



Important Announcements
Floods, Fire, and other Forces:  How to Disaster Proof Canada
Luncheon presentation with Amanda Dean, Atlantic VP of the Insurance Bureau of Canada
January 25th, noon at the Rodd Grand
Tickets available for $15 includes soup, sandwich, coffee etc.
Climate change - and the severe weather that results - is a current danger not just a future risk.  In Canada, insured losses from large natural disasters have been close to or more than $1 billion for each of the past six years.

A tropical moisture system resulting from Hurricane Matthew that swept through Atlantic Canada last month resulted in over $100 million in insured damage, most of which was reported to have occurred in Nova Scotia.

What can be done to help Nova Scotians, and all Canadians, reduce claims and premiums?  Join Amanda Dean, Atlantic Vice-President, Insurance Bureau of Canada, as she shares how the insurance industry, governments and communities can work together to adapt to severe weather.   

Ms. Dean will also look specifically at trends in commercial insurance and how business owners can reduce their risk.

Tickets available through the Chamber office at info@yarmouthchamberofcommerce.com or 902-742-3074
NEW FREE MEMBER SERVICE
The Yarmouth & Area Chamber of Commerce, via the generosity of CBDC, now has a social media and web expert in-house.   We are prepared to offer their services for FREE to our members!

If you have a need for some assistance getting started, improving your social media presence, or marketing your business on-line, please let us know.  Again, this is a FREE service to Chamber members only .

Contact Matt or Renee at 902-742-3074 or info@yarmouthchamberofcommerce.com

    We need your opinion!  
Bill C-274 Tax burden on Family Business Transfers

A new bill has been tabled in the House of Commons, led by MP Guy Caron that affects small business owners. 

Bill C-274 seeks to facilitate an easing of the tax burden associated with transferring companies between family members. Right now, transfers between family members result in taxable dividends. If a third-party (unrelated person) sale occurs, the same transaction can be treated as a capital gain. This means that the 3rd party sale carries less tax consequences than the transfer between family members. The current tax treatment discourages inter-generational transfer of companies. 

Survey

The Yarmouth & Area Chamber of Commerce is considering lending its support to this bill and seeks input from its members on this issue. Please respond by answering this short 3 question survey... please click below to take the survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8NPNT3L

Yarmouth & Area Chamber of Commerce