Start Right: Setting Up a New Company the Right Way
A free 60-minute online session for founders who are about to incorporate, or did so in the last year. Any kind of business: service, retail, trades, consulting, tech.
Most founders incorporate with a $200 online form and a search engine, then pay to undo it a year later.
Your presenter: Wei Jiang, CPA
8+ years in Canadian tax
Two Big Four firms: EY, then Deloitte, where he was a Tax Manager leading a team of 10–15 on public high-tech company tax in Ottawa
In-house at Costco Wholesale Canada: Tax Manager (Assistant Director), responsible for income, withholding and sales tax across the Canadian entities, and the point person for CRA audits
Completed the three-year CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course
Today: Co-Founder & Head of Professional Practice at Levante, and founder of his own Ottawa practice
What you'll leave with
Shares never properly issued. No minute book. A missed HST registration. Personal expenses in the company account. A late payroll remittance. None of it is hard; it's just never explained in one place, in plain language, before you make the decisions. Wei covers it in an hour, with the current 2026 numbers:
Incorporate or not? A plain answer, plus federal vs. Ontario
What the law requires: the eleven things you must keep and file, and why the minute book matters
Your first month, and every year after: what to set up, what to file, and the deadlines
The questions every new founder asks: moving assets you already own into the company without paying tax, common first-year mistakes, what a compilation report is, and salary vs. dividends
When you need an accountant, and what you can do yourself
A four-page founder checklist that follows the talk, sent to every attendee
Education, not a sales pitch. Written for founders with no accounting background; every term is explained the first time it comes up.
Hosted by Levante, modern accounting for Canadian businesses. The Google Meet link is sent to registered guests before the session.