Can you blame someone for not telling you about a good thing? Especially when that thing is better than their thing! No surprise then that asset based lending is the dirty little secret in asset finance that that bankers in Canada don’t want to let you know.
We hate to burst their bubble... but what the heck; we'll share that secret with you and touch on why it’s such a powerful non bank financing strategy.
To understand why an asset based lending solution is so different we need to understand what we are comparing it against. The comparison is of course an operating line of credit with a Canadian chartered bank. They are great, low cost, and run smoothly on a daily basis. If... and we repeat if... you can get one and get it increased as you need it.
Your ability to access a business line of credit with the bank focuses in on everything you probably feel isn’t necessary. You have assets; you have growth, so whats the problem. The chartered banks, in their wisdom allocate these lines of credit based on yes... the assets... but as importantly ratios, covenants, personal guaranteees and outside collateral. By the way, we think they do a great job of that... mainly because they are lending you my money which is on deposit at their bank. So all power to safe lending practices, and that’s why Canadian banks are some of the strongest in the world.
That’s all great say our clients, except it does nothing for us when you want to access business credit. That’s brings us to our secret - asset based lending in Canada and why this type of asset finance is a powerful working strategy. And could it be simpler. Not really. It focuses on the two things you have always had... assets and growth potential for sales and profits.
Asset based lending is the ability of your firm to borrow, daily, as you need it , against receivables, inventory, as well as equipment and real estate if they factor into the picture .
It supports you credit needs, and does not, we repeat , does not revolve around those other requirements the banks have, i.e. rations, covenants, emphasis on personal net worth, outside collateral , etc.
Want to know an even more surprising secret. Some of the Canadian banks actually have small boutique divisions of asset based lending. In our experience these divisions don’t communicate properly with regular commercial bank divisions around what their offering is.
So who actually offers this type of asset based lending. In Canada it’s a relatively small handful of firms, some of which are U.S. based, and who have a tremendous expertise on the things you already have, inventory, receivables, and purchase orders and contracts.
Asset finance can cost the same as the chartered bank offering, in ,many cases it costs a bit or a lot more, depending on the size of your transaction .A business line of credit via an asset based line of credit generally starts at 250k and goes up to anywhere up to 50 Million or more!.
Accessing and navigating the maze of this boutique financing is difficult for the Canadian business owner and financial manager. Speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor on why asset based lending is the secret you want to know more about. And why the heck didn’t your banker tell you about it sooner!
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/asset_based_lending_business_line_of_credit.html
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Working Capital and Business Lending in Canada Without the Voodoo!
The other day one of the major U.S. banks released a report around the current ' optimism ' in small and medium sized businesses. God knows we love a good survey about what our competition is thinking!
It's tougher than ever to read through some of the smoke and mirrors, dare we call it voodoo? .. and get a sense of where working capital and business lending is at here in Canada. We're going to do that for you. More importantly we'll give you real world solutions to cash flow challenges.
Optimistic? You may or may not be bullish about your business as many of our clients are still slowly coming out of the recent recession, and from a cash flow and working capital perspective you're more or less hanging on for your life.
If you are forecasting and planning your cash flow needs, say on a 12 month basis your biggest challenge is often how you do get that liquidity squeezed out of receivables, inventory, and purchase orders and contracts. That has been and still is the real challenge.
When looking at your cash flow and financing needs you need to focus in on several key issues and determine how they fit together - typically those issues your ability to collect your receivables and how you are financing them, what your sale growth is going to be, and what type of longer term capital do you need for things like equipment, real estate, etc. Naturally all that has to be benchmarked against how you are currently financing your company.
The U.S. survey we talked about probably mirrors Canada quite a bit... 25% of firms are going to spne on euqipment... most felt cash flow from customers would imporove , and that sales growth and hiring would again resume an uptrend .
As a Canadian business owner you read these types of surveys, see the business news, and yet at the same time still feel a sense of smoke and mirrors, mostly around the fact that working capital and business lending still don’t seem achievable to the extent you want them to be .
You want solutions to your cash flow challenges in working capital. Let's leave the surveys to the pundits and your competition. You want to get back to growing our business and now worrying about working capital pretty well every day.
There are great solutions for working capital via creative business lending in Canada. When we meet with clients they typically are looking for one solution, the ' holy grail' so to speak. In reality we show them that a number of solutions, possibly combined, can get you where you want to be in Canadian business financing.
Those solutions include receivable financing. Heard about factoring but not sure you like how it works... then consider confidential invoice financing... allowng you to bill and collect your own receivables .
Looking at new equipment while at the same time conserving working capital. Want a 5.5% rate and no full owner personal guarantee... consider the government BIL /CSBF loan... great rates, terms and structures .
Have contracts upcoming, worried about financing them. Talk to an expert on purchase order and inventory financing... despite the myth it really is available!
And finally, consider an asset based lending facility... it combines the power of receivales, inventory and equipment... with your firm borrowing against those assets on a daily basis as you need the working capital .
Is business lending dead in Canada. Is it all just voodoo? We don’t think so. You have solutions, investigate them and speak to a trusted credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor about getting your business on track!
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/business_lending_working_capital.html
It's tougher than ever to read through some of the smoke and mirrors, dare we call it voodoo? .. and get a sense of where working capital and business lending is at here in Canada. We're going to do that for you. More importantly we'll give you real world solutions to cash flow challenges.
Optimistic? You may or may not be bullish about your business as many of our clients are still slowly coming out of the recent recession, and from a cash flow and working capital perspective you're more or less hanging on for your life.
If you are forecasting and planning your cash flow needs, say on a 12 month basis your biggest challenge is often how you do get that liquidity squeezed out of receivables, inventory, and purchase orders and contracts. That has been and still is the real challenge.
When looking at your cash flow and financing needs you need to focus in on several key issues and determine how they fit together - typically those issues your ability to collect your receivables and how you are financing them, what your sale growth is going to be, and what type of longer term capital do you need for things like equipment, real estate, etc. Naturally all that has to be benchmarked against how you are currently financing your company.
The U.S. survey we talked about probably mirrors Canada quite a bit... 25% of firms are going to spne on euqipment... most felt cash flow from customers would imporove , and that sales growth and hiring would again resume an uptrend .
As a Canadian business owner you read these types of surveys, see the business news, and yet at the same time still feel a sense of smoke and mirrors, mostly around the fact that working capital and business lending still don’t seem achievable to the extent you want them to be .
You want solutions to your cash flow challenges in working capital. Let's leave the surveys to the pundits and your competition. You want to get back to growing our business and now worrying about working capital pretty well every day.
There are great solutions for working capital via creative business lending in Canada. When we meet with clients they typically are looking for one solution, the ' holy grail' so to speak. In reality we show them that a number of solutions, possibly combined, can get you where you want to be in Canadian business financing.
Those solutions include receivable financing. Heard about factoring but not sure you like how it works... then consider confidential invoice financing... allowng you to bill and collect your own receivables .
Looking at new equipment while at the same time conserving working capital. Want a 5.5% rate and no full owner personal guarantee... consider the government BIL /CSBF loan... great rates, terms and structures .
Have contracts upcoming, worried about financing them. Talk to an expert on purchase order and inventory financing... despite the myth it really is available!
And finally, consider an asset based lending facility... it combines the power of receivales, inventory and equipment... with your firm borrowing against those assets on a daily basis as you need the working capital .
Is business lending dead in Canada. Is it all just voodoo? We don’t think so. You have solutions, investigate them and speak to a trusted credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor about getting your business on track!
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/business_lending_working_capital.html
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
What Mom Didn't Tell You About Leasing Equipment For Business And Lease Finance Options
And you thought you knew it all! Did you ever think that leasing equipment for business was a straightforward process... you almost couldn’t go wrong? In reality your lease options and who you deal with in this area can make or break good or bad financing decisions.
We’re going to cover some lease basics for you, and we'll let you in on some inside secrets to the trade. We have often told our clients we're not impressed by the ways in which some industry participants create a smoke and mirrors scenario around some of your most important lease financing acquisitions.
We think they are wrong, but most of the time our clients are only focused on rate. That's not a good thing necessarily, because in reality pure math analysis will more often than not show that leasing is a bit more expensive option. The actual reasons you chose to lease probably should be more focused around the two types of leases available, and which one is right for your firm.
Alternate decisions to lease are driven by, guess what...? Credit approval (leasing approval is easier to obtain) and the managing of your payments in a predictable fashion related to your cash flow. An if you are in a technology business you're most concerned with the fact that you have 3 or 5 years to go on payments and your asset is depreciating, or become obsolescent a lot faster.
Don’t forget also that many small, what we can call ' service features ' come with the lease facility. They include the ability to include taxes on your payments, bundle in warranty and maintenance, etc.
Is it possible to figure out the exact rate you are being charged in a lease? As we said, it shouldn’t always be about rate, but the answer is ' yes’... you can figure out what the interest rate is.
How do we do that then? Relatively simple, if you have the tool. The parts of any lease calculation are term of lease, amount financed, the final obligation or future value, the interest rate, and the payment. If you know any four of those you can use a financial calculator to calculate the 'real' rate the lessor is using. For example, you are leasing 50,000$ for 3 years and you own the equipment at month 36 you are told, and the monthly payment is 1600.00$. By entering those 4 into a financial calculator (a real financial calculator) you can see that the rate is 10%.
Let's stay with our client’s fixation on rate. Is that 10% high, low, acceptable, competitive? More often than not it’s a competitive number because the entire industry has to stay competitive to be in business. A better question you never asked is what rate your lease company borrows at in order to allow leasing equipment for business such as yours. If they can borrow at 5% they are making 5% on you... if their cost to borrow is higher... and in most cases it’s higher than you think, they are making less.
Let's share another of those secret strategies not commonly known. Your firm has a lease... it’s for 50,000, for three years, and the monthly payment is 1600.00 and you. Our firm has the same lease, but our monthly payment is 1480$. How could that be, ask clients. Or they will bring us two quotes for the same asset with those same differing payments. The answer is that one lease is an operating lease, structured as a rental, and the lower payment simply means the lessor is going to get the equipment back at the end of the lease - sell it, and recover the shortfall (hopefully) on the lower payment you have been making.
So... is it all smoke and mirrors when it comes to lease finance options. It doesn’t have to be. Does your homework, compare apples to apples, and speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor in the lease financing area.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/leasing_equipment_business_lease_finance_options.html
We’re going to cover some lease basics for you, and we'll let you in on some inside secrets to the trade. We have often told our clients we're not impressed by the ways in which some industry participants create a smoke and mirrors scenario around some of your most important lease financing acquisitions.
We think they are wrong, but most of the time our clients are only focused on rate. That's not a good thing necessarily, because in reality pure math analysis will more often than not show that leasing is a bit more expensive option. The actual reasons you chose to lease probably should be more focused around the two types of leases available, and which one is right for your firm.
Alternate decisions to lease are driven by, guess what...? Credit approval (leasing approval is easier to obtain) and the managing of your payments in a predictable fashion related to your cash flow. An if you are in a technology business you're most concerned with the fact that you have 3 or 5 years to go on payments and your asset is depreciating, or become obsolescent a lot faster.
Don’t forget also that many small, what we can call ' service features ' come with the lease facility. They include the ability to include taxes on your payments, bundle in warranty and maintenance, etc.
Is it possible to figure out the exact rate you are being charged in a lease? As we said, it shouldn’t always be about rate, but the answer is ' yes’... you can figure out what the interest rate is.
How do we do that then? Relatively simple, if you have the tool. The parts of any lease calculation are term of lease, amount financed, the final obligation or future value, the interest rate, and the payment. If you know any four of those you can use a financial calculator to calculate the 'real' rate the lessor is using. For example, you are leasing 50,000$ for 3 years and you own the equipment at month 36 you are told, and the monthly payment is 1600.00$. By entering those 4 into a financial calculator (a real financial calculator) you can see that the rate is 10%.
Let's stay with our client’s fixation on rate. Is that 10% high, low, acceptable, competitive? More often than not it’s a competitive number because the entire industry has to stay competitive to be in business. A better question you never asked is what rate your lease company borrows at in order to allow leasing equipment for business such as yours. If they can borrow at 5% they are making 5% on you... if their cost to borrow is higher... and in most cases it’s higher than you think, they are making less.
Let's share another of those secret strategies not commonly known. Your firm has a lease... it’s for 50,000, for three years, and the monthly payment is 1600.00 and you. Our firm has the same lease, but our monthly payment is 1480$. How could that be, ask clients. Or they will bring us two quotes for the same asset with those same differing payments. The answer is that one lease is an operating lease, structured as a rental, and the lower payment simply means the lessor is going to get the equipment back at the end of the lease - sell it, and recover the shortfall (hopefully) on the lower payment you have been making.
So... is it all smoke and mirrors when it comes to lease finance options. It doesn’t have to be. Does your homework, compare apples to apples, and speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor in the lease financing area.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/leasing_equipment_business_lease_finance_options.html
Why Finance Companies Are Your Best Bet For Leasing Equipment via a Capital Lease
Looking to improve? Aren't we all! Improving your business with respect to the acquisition of new business assets is a major decision for Canadian business. What is the current state of the leasing equipment market in Canada, and what finance companies are your best bet and why?
Even though you're taking on additional debt when you acquire a capital lease option the committing of your cash resources can still be properly managed using an equipment financing strategy. You're making the decision because you want to utilize the asset to improve productivity and profits.
We can certainly help our clients finance the asset, but it’s up to you to ensure you choose the right asset, negotiate a best sale price, and ensure the business asset meets your needs. The reality is of course that your leasing equipment decision is an important one - its an alternative to paying cash outright, or drawing down on credit lines you might have in place - and most of our clients agree that the ability to secure business credit for working capital is a large challenge these days, so using those funds outright for an equipment purchase doesn’t seem to make sense.
You have chosen a capital lease, or a lease to own option. The alternative was an operating lease, or a use and return of the asset and that hasn’t made sense this time around. Finance companies in Canada can structure payments that make sense for your firm. Typically clients have budget constraints, have some seasonality in their business... etc. This is typically when leasing makes more sense than a loan, because it’s so flexible and tailored to meet your specific financing needs.
In the current Canadian leasing equipment landscape and environment of 2010 /2011 you may well be expected to make some sort of down payment, but again, this is negotiable. Talking to your accountant might bring up further reasons why the tax advantages of lease financing might make you decision to finance an even easier one.
Finance companies recognize that you are in many cases using a leasing equipment strategy simply because you can obtain assets you might not be able to afford. These firms have only one mandate... approve and fund your leases! Consequently their credit people are experts in looking at your overall picture, which includes your firm’s financials, the value of the asset itself, which is of course the collateral, and your projected profits via use of the equipment.
Your decision to enter into a capital lease should be relatively straight forward; the challenge is often picking the right partner. The Canadian landscape is made up of hundreds of firms who have specialization, only regional representation, or in some cases your transaction will be viewed as too large, or too small. Navigating that maze is a challenge, so see the service of a trusted, credible and experienced business financing advisor who will help you get approved and negotiate the best terms possible. That added value along can improve your overall return on investment and make your decision to finance a solid one.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/leasing_equipment_capital_lease_finance_companies.html
Even though you're taking on additional debt when you acquire a capital lease option the committing of your cash resources can still be properly managed using an equipment financing strategy. You're making the decision because you want to utilize the asset to improve productivity and profits.
We can certainly help our clients finance the asset, but it’s up to you to ensure you choose the right asset, negotiate a best sale price, and ensure the business asset meets your needs. The reality is of course that your leasing equipment decision is an important one - its an alternative to paying cash outright, or drawing down on credit lines you might have in place - and most of our clients agree that the ability to secure business credit for working capital is a large challenge these days, so using those funds outright for an equipment purchase doesn’t seem to make sense.
You have chosen a capital lease, or a lease to own option. The alternative was an operating lease, or a use and return of the asset and that hasn’t made sense this time around. Finance companies in Canada can structure payments that make sense for your firm. Typically clients have budget constraints, have some seasonality in their business... etc. This is typically when leasing makes more sense than a loan, because it’s so flexible and tailored to meet your specific financing needs.
In the current Canadian leasing equipment landscape and environment of 2010 /2011 you may well be expected to make some sort of down payment, but again, this is negotiable. Talking to your accountant might bring up further reasons why the tax advantages of lease financing might make you decision to finance an even easier one.
Finance companies recognize that you are in many cases using a leasing equipment strategy simply because you can obtain assets you might not be able to afford. These firms have only one mandate... approve and fund your leases! Consequently their credit people are experts in looking at your overall picture, which includes your firm’s financials, the value of the asset itself, which is of course the collateral, and your projected profits via use of the equipment.
Your decision to enter into a capital lease should be relatively straight forward; the challenge is often picking the right partner. The Canadian landscape is made up of hundreds of firms who have specialization, only regional representation, or in some cases your transaction will be viewed as too large, or too small. Navigating that maze is a challenge, so see the service of a trusted, credible and experienced business financing advisor who will help you get approved and negotiate the best terms possible. That added value along can improve your overall return on investment and make your decision to finance a solid one.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/leasing_equipment_capital_lease_finance_companies.html
Monday, December 13, 2010
We’re Sharing the biggest Secret in business funding today and why factoring of accounts receivables isn’t what you thought!
It's kind of not a secret if everyone knows it right? but we’re pretty sure when it comes to business funding that the factoring of accounts receivables on a confidential basis is one of the most powerful alternative Canadian business financing strategies that is a secret that only limited Canadian business owners and financial managers know about .
Let’s put this ' secret ' in the context of some real world examples that might closely resemble your firm’s situation and needs.
Working capital challenges. You have them, and they seem to pre occupy a lot, and we mean a lot of your business day. So how do those restraints on liquidity affect your firm... they manifest themselves in payroll challeges, meeting lease and loan payments, and that worst feeling of all, not being able to grow your business or take on that new customer because of cash flow challenges.
In many cases, and you are certainly not alone, you're just coming out of the recession and collections from customers is still difficult, and expense restraints seem the order of the day. If you're like many other firms there is some seasonality to your business and you occasionally have bulge needs for cash and working capital.
So... we have done a great job of giving you the problem, which you knew already! Let’s turn that around and give you the solution.
Accounts receivable financing and business funding, commonly known is factoring of accounts receivables, is the potential solution. But we can hear you already... you have heard about it and you dont like how this solution works and the perceptions some suppliers and customers might have around how you are financing your business.
Well, it gets better, because we have a solution to that problem and it’s called confidential factoring of accounts receivables. Under this type of financing you are in a position of selling your receivables as you generate them, at your option of course, and, here’s the kicker, you receive cash for those invoices the same day - while at the same time retaining the right to bill and collect your own accounts. That ability to bill and collect your accounts receivable financing process just turned you into a confidential cash flow machine, allowing you to meet day to day obligations and, as we said, grow your business.
The whole process is seamless and it takes only a week or so to set it up. This type of financing appeals to two typical small and medium sized firms (by the way, Canada's biggest corporations use it also!). It appeals to firms who don’t have access to bank credit, or more commonly, might qualify for some level of bank financing, but not enough. That is because, unlike the Canadian banks business funding in Canada via factoring focuses solely on the strength and size of your receivables. In some cases, are you ready for this..? Inventory can be combined into the same facility.
There it is then... a great secret and business financing strategy that will allow you to finance your business. Speak to a trusted, credible, and experienced business Canadian business financing advisor who can assist you in completing this finance strategy.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/business_funding_factoring_of_accounts_receivables.html
Let’s put this ' secret ' in the context of some real world examples that might closely resemble your firm’s situation and needs.
Working capital challenges. You have them, and they seem to pre occupy a lot, and we mean a lot of your business day. So how do those restraints on liquidity affect your firm... they manifest themselves in payroll challeges, meeting lease and loan payments, and that worst feeling of all, not being able to grow your business or take on that new customer because of cash flow challenges.
In many cases, and you are certainly not alone, you're just coming out of the recession and collections from customers is still difficult, and expense restraints seem the order of the day. If you're like many other firms there is some seasonality to your business and you occasionally have bulge needs for cash and working capital.
So... we have done a great job of giving you the problem, which you knew already! Let’s turn that around and give you the solution.
Accounts receivable financing and business funding, commonly known is factoring of accounts receivables, is the potential solution. But we can hear you already... you have heard about it and you dont like how this solution works and the perceptions some suppliers and customers might have around how you are financing your business.
Well, it gets better, because we have a solution to that problem and it’s called confidential factoring of accounts receivables. Under this type of financing you are in a position of selling your receivables as you generate them, at your option of course, and, here’s the kicker, you receive cash for those invoices the same day - while at the same time retaining the right to bill and collect your own accounts. That ability to bill and collect your accounts receivable financing process just turned you into a confidential cash flow machine, allowing you to meet day to day obligations and, as we said, grow your business.
The whole process is seamless and it takes only a week or so to set it up. This type of financing appeals to two typical small and medium sized firms (by the way, Canada's biggest corporations use it also!). It appeals to firms who don’t have access to bank credit, or more commonly, might qualify for some level of bank financing, but not enough. That is because, unlike the Canadian banks business funding in Canada via factoring focuses solely on the strength and size of your receivables. In some cases, are you ready for this..? Inventory can be combined into the same facility.
There it is then... a great secret and business financing strategy that will allow you to finance your business. Speak to a trusted, credible, and experienced business Canadian business financing advisor who can assist you in completing this finance strategy.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/business_funding_factoring_of_accounts_receivables.html
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Why The Canada Film Tax Credit Program Is Critical To Your Film Financing
How could a government tax credit incentive possibly be ' critical ' to your success in film financing? The answer is very simple : The Canada film tax credit program is usually the last piece of your financing , and we see many cases where it allows the other components of your project, i.e. equity, debt and ' gap ' to come together in a final fashion .
And that of course allows you press the button on ' ready, action, camera, shoot ' which is what your project is all about. And to be clear, we're talking about the three genres of entertainment - film / movies, television, and animation. Animation credits, somewhat unheard of years ago, are quickly gaining traction in the industry as people flock to this type of entertainment. Think Shrek!
Tax incentives in Canada give film investors the ability to complete financing successfully. Pick a number, any number... we'll pick one for you - 30 - 40%! That is a typical amount you can expect to receive on a production tax credit in Canada. The actual final exact amount depends on the provincial geography you are shooting or producing in - as each province has adopted separate schedules of reimbursement .
These tax film financing incentives have once again brought producers and owners of project back to Canada. While in the past a major decision around Canadian content seemed to revolve around the lower priced Canadian dollar the Canadian ' loonie ' ( that's what we call a dollar up here!) is touching parity as we head into 2011- so the whole forex issue is no longer the driver - but Canada film tax credits are .
If you are not a major movie studio the film financing incentive provided to the industry by the production services tax credit has become one of the most important tools in your financing plan for your project .
The Canadian tax credits stimulate of course revenues that are generated from the industry as a whole.
Let's recap some basics, so you can fast track and simplify your film financing project. It all about ' qualifying ' - you either do or you don’t. And if you qualify, you get your funding via a non repayable tax credit. The power of the tax credit increases significantly when you monetize or cash flow or finance (they all mean the same thing!) your tax incentive credit. These credits can be financed when your project is completed, returning cash flow to the owners, or , as importantly , they can be used as a financing strategy to generate cash flow as you film or produce your project and funds are expended .
What qualifies in your project surprises most of our clients on the upside! Including many of the costs of a project you may be surprised on.
We love the expression that the word ' Team ' is an acronym for ' together everyone achieves more". Your team in film fax credit finance and film financing is critical, so aligning yourself with a Canadian tax credit business financing advisor, as well as a qualified entertainment accountant will only do two things - ensure you qualify, and maximize your credits.
And we humbly submit that’s what it is all about.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/canada_film_tax_credit_film_financing_incentive.html
And that of course allows you press the button on ' ready, action, camera, shoot ' which is what your project is all about. And to be clear, we're talking about the three genres of entertainment - film / movies, television, and animation. Animation credits, somewhat unheard of years ago, are quickly gaining traction in the industry as people flock to this type of entertainment. Think Shrek!
Tax incentives in Canada give film investors the ability to complete financing successfully. Pick a number, any number... we'll pick one for you - 30 - 40%! That is a typical amount you can expect to receive on a production tax credit in Canada. The actual final exact amount depends on the provincial geography you are shooting or producing in - as each province has adopted separate schedules of reimbursement .
These tax film financing incentives have once again brought producers and owners of project back to Canada. While in the past a major decision around Canadian content seemed to revolve around the lower priced Canadian dollar the Canadian ' loonie ' ( that's what we call a dollar up here!) is touching parity as we head into 2011- so the whole forex issue is no longer the driver - but Canada film tax credits are .
If you are not a major movie studio the film financing incentive provided to the industry by the production services tax credit has become one of the most important tools in your financing plan for your project .
The Canadian tax credits stimulate of course revenues that are generated from the industry as a whole.
Let's recap some basics, so you can fast track and simplify your film financing project. It all about ' qualifying ' - you either do or you don’t. And if you qualify, you get your funding via a non repayable tax credit. The power of the tax credit increases significantly when you monetize or cash flow or finance (they all mean the same thing!) your tax incentive credit. These credits can be financed when your project is completed, returning cash flow to the owners, or , as importantly , they can be used as a financing strategy to generate cash flow as you film or produce your project and funds are expended .
What qualifies in your project surprises most of our clients on the upside! Including many of the costs of a project you may be surprised on.
We love the expression that the word ' Team ' is an acronym for ' together everyone achieves more". Your team in film fax credit finance and film financing is critical, so aligning yourself with a Canadian tax credit business financing advisor, as well as a qualified entertainment accountant will only do two things - ensure you qualify, and maximize your credits.
And we humbly submit that’s what it is all about.
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/canada_film_tax_credit_film_financing_incentive.html
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sr ed Tax Credit Financing – Your SR&ED Loan is Approved
Is it possible to combine the benefits of sr ed grants with the benefits of sr ed tax credit financing for a sr&ed loan that makes sense? It sure is and let’s helps you understand some of those basics.
If you are either filing a sr&ed claim for the first time, or if you're a repeat "offender" - translated = you have experienced sred claim success for years... then why not combine financing power with your claim and recoup your funds faster . In today’s worlds it seems always about speed it seems, so if the Canadian government is paying you to do research , and you can recoup and deploy those funds even faster by financing your claim, well ,, why wouldn’t you .
Our focus here in our shared information is financing your claim... so we assume you are fully aware that if your firm is developing new products and services, manufacturing prototypes, improving processses, developing software, advancing mfg ... well .. We think you get the point! Which is simply your firm is a poster boy for sred financing and a sred loan and you should be filing to recover in the range of 35-40% of all your expenses.
Your credit is a non repayable credit, so your ability to monetize your claim and get that cash flow working into your firms operating cycle is key.
So how can those sred tax incentives are monetized? Simply speaking it’s the ability you have to use your sred receivable, because it is a receivable, and finance it in a manner that you would just as if it were any customer - except that in this case the customer is a pretty good paying client... ie the federal and provincial government.
Sound complicated? Nothing could be simpler. Let’s cover off the basic process and focus back in on those benefits.
To finance a claim you have to have a claim. Makes sense so far, right. Claims can be prepared by either yourself or someone that is commonly called a sred consultant. We wouldn’t be perfectly honest by telling you that claims prepared by outside respected consultants carry far more weight than claims prepared internally by yourself of your accounting firm. It’s simply a case of relying on expertise.
After your claim is filed you complete a simple financing application consisting of info about our firm, your current financial situation, as well as providing the actual technical claim and tax filing copy. SR ED tax credit financing relies on your claim being filed- in certain special situations you can actually finance the claim pre-filing - but we'll leave that one for another day.
The ability of many firms, particularly start ups, and tech firms that burn through a lot of cash , to recoup sred funds is a key driver in the whole sr ed loan process . That cash flow in many cases is seen by our clients as the life blood and in some cases the largest amount of cash they will receive in the current year.
Many business owners don’t know that you can file for two years, which of course simply means you’re doubling the amount of cash you can claim.
Many smaller filings these days for sr&Ed claims seem to be coming thru faster in the form of cash refunds... if you have a larger or first time claim it can take many months, potentially calling for a techncial review of your project.
That’s where a sr Ed loan and sr Ed tax credit financing come in, because 70% of the sr&Ed claim is generally advanced in the form of a bridge loan. You make no payments on the loan and the loan is in effect settled when your final refund comes in from Ottawa .That allows you to utilized those funds for working capital, equipment, on going sr ed work , and just any general corporate purpose .
Speak to a trusted, credible, experience Canadian business financing advisor in the sr Ed tax credit financing area. This will increase your chances of a successful and timely approval, with most financings for a sr Ed loan happening within a 30 day period. That’s a sr&Ed cash flow optimization strategy that makes sense, right?
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/sr_ed_tax_credit_financing_sr_ed_loan.html
If you are either filing a sr&ed claim for the first time, or if you're a repeat "offender" - translated = you have experienced sred claim success for years... then why not combine financing power with your claim and recoup your funds faster . In today’s worlds it seems always about speed it seems, so if the Canadian government is paying you to do research , and you can recoup and deploy those funds even faster by financing your claim, well ,, why wouldn’t you .
Our focus here in our shared information is financing your claim... so we assume you are fully aware that if your firm is developing new products and services, manufacturing prototypes, improving processses, developing software, advancing mfg ... well .. We think you get the point! Which is simply your firm is a poster boy for sred financing and a sred loan and you should be filing to recover in the range of 35-40% of all your expenses.
Your credit is a non repayable credit, so your ability to monetize your claim and get that cash flow working into your firms operating cycle is key.
So how can those sred tax incentives are monetized? Simply speaking it’s the ability you have to use your sred receivable, because it is a receivable, and finance it in a manner that you would just as if it were any customer - except that in this case the customer is a pretty good paying client... ie the federal and provincial government.
Sound complicated? Nothing could be simpler. Let’s cover off the basic process and focus back in on those benefits.
To finance a claim you have to have a claim. Makes sense so far, right. Claims can be prepared by either yourself or someone that is commonly called a sred consultant. We wouldn’t be perfectly honest by telling you that claims prepared by outside respected consultants carry far more weight than claims prepared internally by yourself of your accounting firm. It’s simply a case of relying on expertise.
After your claim is filed you complete a simple financing application consisting of info about our firm, your current financial situation, as well as providing the actual technical claim and tax filing copy. SR ED tax credit financing relies on your claim being filed- in certain special situations you can actually finance the claim pre-filing - but we'll leave that one for another day.
The ability of many firms, particularly start ups, and tech firms that burn through a lot of cash , to recoup sred funds is a key driver in the whole sr ed loan process . That cash flow in many cases is seen by our clients as the life blood and in some cases the largest amount of cash they will receive in the current year.
Many business owners don’t know that you can file for two years, which of course simply means you’re doubling the amount of cash you can claim.
Many smaller filings these days for sr&Ed claims seem to be coming thru faster in the form of cash refunds... if you have a larger or first time claim it can take many months, potentially calling for a techncial review of your project.
That’s where a sr Ed loan and sr Ed tax credit financing come in, because 70% of the sr&Ed claim is generally advanced in the form of a bridge loan. You make no payments on the loan and the loan is in effect settled when your final refund comes in from Ottawa .That allows you to utilized those funds for working capital, equipment, on going sr ed work , and just any general corporate purpose .
Speak to a trusted, credible, experience Canadian business financing advisor in the sr Ed tax credit financing area. This will increase your chances of a successful and timely approval, with most financings for a sr Ed loan happening within a 30 day period. That’s a sr&Ed cash flow optimization strategy that makes sense, right?
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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 6 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/sr_ed_tax_credit_financing_sr_ed_loan.html
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