"Busy" is not the same as profitable. Catch margin leaks while there is still time to fix them. A firm can be busy and still not be making the money it should be. This tends to catch AEC and design owners off guard. Picture it: the team is booked with projects moving along nicely. Invoices are going out and there is no obvious crisis. From the outside, the firm looks healthy.

When death comes knocking, most people worry about wills, ghosts, and the afterlife. But for business owners, there’s another kind of haunting — the ghost of double taxation. In this Halloween special, we’ll unearth the creepy truth about what happens to your private corporation when you pass away. Prepare yourself — this is a tale of phantom taxes, disappearing wealth, and how to break the curse before it’s too late.

As Architects, Engineers & Contractors (A/E/C), it can be tempting to look at finances from a project-to-project basis. But don’t forget you