^They're doing this because they have changed the rules (circa 2011) on personal service businesses to deny the general rate reduction, with the consequence that a PSB pays tax at roughly the top marginal rate so there's no tax advantage to earning money that way vs. as an individual. The kicker? They didn't do anything to fix integration on dividends paid OUT of a PSB, so the effective tax rate after all is said and done is among the highest in the world. Reassessing people on this basis is like discovering a field of untold riches brought about by completely inequitable legislating! It's absurd.
You can, however, just pay yourself salary out of your PSB to reduce its income to zero and pay the tax in your own hands, which eliminates the purpose of having an intermediary corporation but at least prevents you from being hit over the head with a baseball bat of tax.
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