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I've been self employed for 29 years myself and the best thing that ever happened to me was when I walked into an accountant's office in 1983 and asked him to do my "books". He looked at my documents for a while and then pushed them back accross the desk and told me I could do it myself. I guess he didn't need my business.
I did a lot of reading, educated myself and have been doing my own bookkeeping/tax returns ever since. Remember, the CRA people are there to answer your questions. Use them, they're a free resource but also get other opinions.
How much money did I save over the years? Lots, plus I have an excellent understanding of how the whole self employed/home office system works.
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Sounds like a familiar story. We (wife and I) did our business taxes for years, with the occassional call to an accountant for advice/clarification. For the last 5 years however, We've turned 'the filing' completely over to the accountant so we can concentrate on running the business.