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march/april 2014 Publisher Linh T. Huynh

Editor Barb Sligl

Art Direction BSS Creative Contributing Editor Janet Gyenes

Editorial Assistant Adam Flint

Contributors Timothy A. Brown Michael DeFreitas Dr. Holly Fong Janet Gyenes Manfred Purtzki Dr. Kelly Silverthorn Roberta Staley

Cover photo Michael DeFreitas Senior Account Executive Monique Nguyen

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FEATURES

21 on the trail in Nova Scotia 41 get physical in the United Kingdom COLUMNS

DEPARTMENTS

9 pay it forward

5 March/April mix 25 CE calendar 45 sudoku 46 small talk

Dr. Amil Shapka helps in Honduras

10 photo prescription Colour your world

14 motoring Cars + coffee in Cali

with Dr. Jeffrey Norden

18 the thirsty dentist

Trending tipples

19 the hungry dentist

Easter dinner in a bowl

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32 the wealthy dentist

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It’s tax time—here’s what you should be deducting

44 practice management

Know your core business

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Road trip…seaside! Buoys on the Evangeline Trail in Nova Scotia.

Story on page 21.

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from the editor

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t’s getting warmer, and that means turning over a new leaf, so to speak.

Leaves and blooms are coming out and, after being inside much of winter, so are we. And there’s no better place to stretch limbs this spring or summer than in the UK. Not just crumpets and culture, the United Kingdom has an adventurous side.

Big time. London’s 2012 Summer Olympic Games left a wealth of athletic venues to discover. Wales is making “coasteering” the new must-try experience (jump off a cliff into the Irish Sea in the morning, then tour ancient castles and cozy pubs in the afternoon). And Glasgow’s bravado (Glaswegian kiss, anyone?) is being channelled into the upcoming Commonwealth Games this summer. Oh, and there’s whiskey too, of course (pages 25 and 41).

Here, at home, there’s an east-coast road trip in Nova Scotia (page 21). Or go east (and

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west!) in Mexico (page 5). It’s all about the great outdoors. Get outside and physical!

And starting this issue, we’re running a new “As Seen In” contest. While reading these pages keep an eye out for the answer to this question: What is the reader’s pick we showcase in the March/April 2014 issue?

Then scan the QR code above. Or visit justforcanadiandentists.com/AsSeenIn. html to complete an entry form. Answer the “As Seen In” question correctly and you could win a $400 Ad Credit from OutRank by Rogers. Good luck!

We also want to congratulate our photography columnist, Michael DeFreitas (page 10) for winning gold at the 2014 North American Travel Journalists Association’s annual awards competition— and for a stunning portrait photo in our March/April 2013 issue. Bravo! feedback@InPrintPublications.com

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This is the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, where, yes, you can relive some spring-break revelry, BUT it’s also replete with seriously stunning vistas, where two seas meet. On the calmer Sea of Cortez side is Lovers Beach or Playa del Amor and on the wild Pacific side is Divorce Beach (pictured; with a ghostly apparition in the rocks overlooking the sands)… Watch waves crash and marvel at brave skimboarders, then head back to El Médano (Spanish for sand dune) Beach, where the posh ME Cabo resort awaits, whether you’re hitched or not… see page 6.

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Medal-winning cyclist David Daniell holds up a bike that anyone can take for a spin at Glasgow’s velodrome; the cliffs of northern Wales, where local adventurers have turned coasteering into the “it” sport; and one of the Olympic venues in London, with a positive reminder of one way to get physical, whether you’re an Olympian or not. Story on page 41. clockwise from top

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what/when/where > March/April

style | food | shows | festivals | places | getaways | gear…

east VS. west March/April 2014 Just For Canadian dentists

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Both have the beach, sun, great fare and swish resorts. It’s all about the vibe you’re after. —B.S.

reader’s pick! See “The Thirsty Dentist” on page 18.

getaway playa del carmen is on Mexico’s sometimes over-run and -touristy Caribbean coast, where the Riviera Maya is a long string of all-inclusive resorts.

Advantage: there’s plenty to choose from. And there’s plenty of off-the-beach activities, from discovering underground cenotes to a traditional Mexican show.

The island of Cozumel is also a short ferry ride away. The east remains the standby.

Cabo san Lucas is the getaway of the LA and Hollywood jet-set. George Clooney has a pad here, and Sammy Hagar of Van Halen fame has a tequila operation. Think glam. But this is also where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacificat the tip of the Baja Peninsula for some fantastical scenery (above)—surreal enough for The Planet of the Apes to have been filmed here. It’s simply wild here. Go west.

Catch Xcaret’s fab night show (xcaret. com)—including a traditional Mayan ball game and serious rope-handling by a vaquero Mexicano. And you can stay right next door at the Occidental Grand Xcaret (occidentalhotels.com/ resort/occidental-grand-xcaret).

Food at an all-inclusive can include haute, authentic Mexican fare, like the muy buena stuffed pepper at Royal Hideaway Playacar’s Spices Restaurant.

Yes, ME Cabo has what’s become one of the hippest places in Cabo—day or night—the club vibe of Nikki Beach (nikkibeachcabo.com)—but the town of Cabo San Lucas is a short walk away, with authentic Mexican art to peruse in the market (below) and yummy local fare, like made-in-front-of-you tortillas. ¡Buen provecho!

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WESTERN FRONT Make your Cabo base on El Médano Beach at ME Cabo, which has Hollywood glam and stellar views of the rock formations that culminate in the signature arch, El Arco. > melia. com/en/hotels/mexico/los-cabos/me-cabo

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Spa it. ME Cabo’s YHI Spa (named for the Goddess of Light) is a sanctuary set in the centre of the hotel, complete with a temazcal (traditional Mexican steam house). Indulge in a treatment or lounge in the courtyard in between the plunge pools on the hydrotherapy circuit. Bliss.

A short ferry ride from Playa del Carmen is Isla Cozumel and some of the best snorkelling anywhere. Take a tour to Palancar Reef from Occidental Grand Cozumel (occidentalhotels.com/ resort/occidental-grand-cozumel).

EASTERN PROMISE On the Caribbean side, stay at Occidental’s Royal Hideaway Playacar. It’s the poshest of Occidental’s trio of resorts here. Think Leading Hotels of the World… > occidentalhotels.com/ resort/royal-hideaway-playacar

1 edgy aesthetic Rutilated quartz paired with pave diamonds is definitely a departure from the matches you might expect, but this bling ring is both striking and sophisticated. That “classic with an edge” aesthetic is exactly what the “sisterpreneurs” behind Vancouver’s OhKuol intended when creating their collection.

Well-priced finds include sparkly yet rustic druzy earrings, chunky gemstone bangles and other statement-making pieces. $185, OhKuol, etsy.com/ca/shop/OhKuol

Cabo’s westcoast vibe is a little bit rockand-roll with a good dose of glitz. The resort has even set up a poolside day bed for Adam Sandler’s dog.

Inside, there’s the swanky Suite ME or Personality Suites.

It may just be the best stretch of white sand along the Playa del Carmen coast (above). Lounge poolside with a cerveza or shoreside by the oh-soblue Caribbean, then stroll down the beach to Quinta Avenida (5th Ave.).

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Itchy feet? A taste for trying something new? We’ve got you covered whether you stay close to home or head for the road less travelled Written + produced by Janet Gyenes

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4 DRINK SMART It’s hardly a stretch to say that our water bottles have become constant companions that travel with us from the office to yoga and beyond.

But unlike many water bottles, BluFit brings more to the relationship than its streamlined good looks: it’s smart. A sensor built into the bottle syncs with your smartphone and alerts you when it’s time for you to rehydrate (the integrated app allows for customization). BluFit won’t speak to you like Samantha, the enhanced operating system in the movie Her, but that doesn’t mean you won’t fall in love with this smart innovation. $59, blufitbottle.com

3 on the road It might be tempting to make a beeline between Mount Rushmore and Deadwood City, but curious types may wonder what diamond in the rough is hidden over yonder. The new Roadtrippers app will make sure you don’t miss the detour for Star Wars’ starship troopers filming location in the Hell’s Half Acre scarp, Wyoming, or the alien meeting place in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

(It’s actually the iconic Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.) Not a sci-fi fan? The Route 66 Bars scenic drive or Vermont’s Route 7, with a stop at Abe Lincoln’s home, might be more your speed. Free, iTunes.com

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Roberta Staley is an award-winning magazine writer and the editor of the Canadian Chemical News, published by the Chemical Institute of Canada. She is also a magazine writing instructor at Douglas College and a graduate student at Simon Fraser University.

songs from the heart

From being “one of the worst weeks of my life,” the trip became “a real epiphany”

Kindness in Action

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he rolling agricultural lands hugging the town of St. Paul in northeastern Alberta are a long way from the steamy jungles and swamps of Honduras.

As Dr. Amil Shapka, filthy and exhausted, stooped over yet another patient whose mouth had obviously never felt a periodontal probe, he wondered, not for the first time, what had possessed him to leave his comfortable practice in St. Paul for this mosquito-infested village.

Almost on a whim, Shapka had responded to a plea by a missionary friend to fly to the tiny Central American nation to provide desperately needed dental care to campesinos. It was 1993 and Honduras was impoverished and underdeveloped, having endured more than a decade of torture and ‘disappearances’ under a brutal government regime. The dental equipment provided by the mission group was sorely inadequate and the lineup of patients—many ill with diarrheal diseases—never seemed to diminish. There was no running water or showers, the food was lousy and the sleeping quarters worse.

On the last day, Shapka gratefully boarded the bus that would take him to the airport for his flight home. Glancing out the window, he saw the village children, carrying hollowed out coconut shells filled with flowers, start to gather around the bus with their parents. Then, they began to sing. “They sang and sang and sang. They gave the only thing they had—their hearts,” Shapka says. From being “one of the worst weeks of my life,” the trip became “a real epiphany.” Thus was born Shapka’s organization, Kindness in Action, and many return dental missions to Honduras.

In the ensuing two decades, Shapka has greatly expanded the scope of care from simple extractions (“meat-ball dentistry,” he calls it), to oral health education and community-based prevention, including training outreach workers. Kindness in Action currently has about 300 dental volunteers—most from Canada and a few from the United States and Europe—who make one- to two-week excursions 14 times a year to nations in Central and South America, the Philippines, Cambodia and, most

recently, Uganda. The Uganda program was kick started when retiring Edmonton endodontist, Dr. Tom Mather, donated his entire dental office to Kindness in Action.

The equipment was packed up and sent to Uganda’s Kigezi district, an outreach team of volunteers was trained, and dental assistants and a dentist hired. The office now serves a community of two million people, Shapka says.

Kindness in Action’s dental professionals are self-sufficient and travel with portable dental equipment and ultrasonic scalers.

The organization’s success, says Shapka, is rooted in its consistency: volunteers return to the Dr. Amil same communities Shapka with year after year. Over his son Tanis in time, the “dental Nicaragua on a IQ rises.” Patients dental mission with want their teeth Kindness in saved rather than Action. extracted. For those whose teeth are beyond saving, Kindness in Action provides dentures.

Key to boosting the dental IQ has been a program to train schoolteachers about dental health so they can inform their students, who receive free toothbrushes and oral care pamphlets in Spanish. “There has been huge progress in how we do things; we’ve come a long way from just taking out teeth,” says Shapka, who has embarked on at least one international dental mission a year for more than two decades, sometimes canoeing along tropical waterways to reach an isolated village.

Shapka’s compassion for others, he believes, is bred in the bone. His parents, second-generation Ukrainian immigrants, homesteaded the Prairies and survived the Depression. “They had nothing,” says Shapka. But they passed on the pioneering spirit and philosophy to their son: “if you had a lot, you shared that with other

people.” Shapka embarked upon a humanitarian pathway as a young adult, graduating from medical school and returning to St. Paul to practice. But being on call during the day, night and weekends was too hard on family, so he returned to the University of Alberta to take dentistry, graduating in 1990.

A few years later, Shapka would find himself in Honduras, staring at a seemingly endless lineup of patients and swatting at bugs.

Shapka, who received an Award of Distinction from the Alberta Dental Association and College three years ago, is proud of the changes Kindness in Action has made in the lives of so many people around the world. He’s also proud of the way his family—especially 16-year-old son

Tanis—helps with the yearly fundraising initiatives, from bottle drives to silent auctions, to ensure Kindness in Action continues its good work. When Shapka takes the time to stop and reflect on the big picture, he is not deluded about the effect it has on a world where more than 90 per cent of people need dental care. “For now, it is enough to do small things with great love and in doing so, hopefully create a path for a better future.”

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p h o t o p r e s c r i p t i o n m i c h a e l d e f r e i ta s Michael DeFreitas is an award-winning photographer who’s been published in a wide variety of travel publications. With his initials, MD, he’s been nicknamed “doc,” making his photography prescriptions apropos.

How to use colour to get the most photographic impact

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Colourific!

Contrast is good. So are prime colours. Muted landscape hues of greens and browns need a pop of red or yellow. A bright-red jacket brings drama to a standard mountain shot. The same applies to the photo of a field of flowers. It’s the solitary red bloom against all the yellow ones that makes the composition; the eye has something to hone in on.

And the gorgeous ochre jellyfish is extra striking when captured alone against the deep-blue waters of an aquarium.

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Just For Canadian dentists March/April 2014

n a chilly July morning I waited to board a helicopter for a heli-hike in the Alaska Range just outside Denali National Park. When our guide showed up wearing a dark blue ski jacket I explained I’d be photographing him for a magazine article and asked if he had a brighter coloured jacket.

He nodded and disappeared inside the cabin. I wanted a colour that would stand out against the neutral earth tones of the mountains. He came back wearing a bright red rescue jacket. Perfect.

Later that morning I photographed him standing on the edge of a cliff overhang, about 1,000 meters above the Nenana River valley. His bright red jacket made the shot.

There’s a big difference between general colour photos and using certain colour techniques to produce more dramatic images.

Had I shot my guide in his dark blue jacket I would have ended up with an ordinary colour image. Adding that dash of bright red and the image took on new life.

Today, thousands of mediocre colour travel images fill most digital and print media, fostering a sort of colour photography complacency. For our travel photography to stand out in this ho-hum crowd of colour we really need to pay closer attention to how we can use colour to affect the final image.

As with texture, form and shape, colour is an important compositional element. How we use it can make the difference between average and wow.

I used the colour technique of contrasts for my Alaska guide. The muted landscape hues helped isolate the guide’s red jacket, which in turn draws the viewer’s eyes to his precarious perch at the edge of the cliff.

Yellow would have worked too, but red is associated with danger and I wanted to portray a feeling of danger and adventure.

I used the same technique—for a completely different effect—while shooting tulips in the Skagit Valley in Washington State. Each April, colourful blooms blanket the fields around the small town of La Conner. After shooting the fields from different angles I searched for more unusual subjects within the clouds of colour. It took

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PRO TIPS for wow colour > Subtle colours work best for portraiture, flowers, waterfalls, etc. Strong colours with portraits (like certain makeup) can distract the viewer.

> Shoot with a dominant prime colour (red, yellow, blue), like the example of chili peppers against a blue door.

> Use colours to evoke emotions. Blue is cool and

relaxing. Green feels fresh and vibrant. Red connotes anger or danger.

> Placing a brightly coloured subject in front of a neutral background accentuates the colour. Shooting a blue car against a neutral blue sky doesn’t work as well as shooting a red car.

> Transitions between two or more colours (like the rows of yellow and red tulips) also produce strong images.

gear up Reflections can mute the saturated colours of subjects such as shiny objects, green leaves, sky and water. Polarizing filters reduce reflections rendering deeper, more vivid colours. There are two types of polarizers, linear polarizers for use with manual focus lenses and circular polarizers for use with auto-focus lenses.

Polarizers have an outer ring that you rotate to create the desired amount of polarization. Any filter reduces the sharpness of a lens, so make sure you get the best glass polarizer you can afford. Circular polarizers by Tiffen, B+W and Hoya range from $50 to $180 depending on filter size and glass quality.

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a bit of looking, but I finally found a lone yellow daffodil in a field of dark-red tulips, and a red tulip smothered by yellow ones. The contrasting colour of both prime-coloured subjects created the theme of being different, nonconforming, standing out in the crowd, a loner or a rebel.

However, to use colours effectively you need to understand a few subtle facts. The colour wheel (above) helps explain the relationship between colours. Using a combination of adjacent colours will produce a calming or mellow feeling, while combining colours on opposite sides of the wheel will produce a photo with high colour contrast and conflict. Colours on the right (reddish side) are “warm” while those on the on the left (blueish side) are classified as “cold.” Knowing these colour traits allows you to produce images with different emotions.

On a recent trip to a local farmer’s market I decided to put some of these techniques to use. After shooting individual piles of pumpkins and butternut squash, I decided to mix things up…literally. I placed one of the yellowishwhite butternut squashes in the middle of some bright orange pumpkins.

Even though it’s a bit contrived, the different shapes and adjacent colours created a mellow autumn scene. I used the same technique for the chili peppers hanging on a blue barn door in New Mexico, and the sea nettle jellyfish in Monterey Aquarium, California.

Another effective colour technique is to flood the viewer with colour.

A brightly coloured pile of round bubblegum or the rainbow of vibrant colours, lines and texture in a Peruvian Inca blanket are quite dazzling. Be sure to shoot a series of images using different perspectives and compositions.

Using colour can bring a new dimension to your travel photography.

Don’t just shoot colourful scenes. Seek out the scenes within a scene. Look for colours within colours.

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Dr. Kelly Silverthorn is Just For Canadian Dentists’ automotive writer. He tries to keep one convertible and/or one track-day car in the family fleet.

Rethink.Refresh.Renew.

coffee + cars in Cali

Where every Saturday there are “cars you won’t see the other six days of the week”

The crowd at Cars and Coffee in Orange County, California, check out “Cars you won’t see the other six days of the week.” online.carsandcoffee.info

Avenue Donuts in Huntington Beach and a few hot rod owners gathered Saturday mornings to share each other’s projects and a cuppa joe. Word spread (despite the pre-Facebook era), focus broadened and car enthusiasts of all stripes, including celebrities, became joiners. This pioneer event led to a spinoff gathering at

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Crystal Cove Promenade, a shopping mecca south of Newport Beach. Here, numbers grew exponentially. Noise and congestion too. Before long local politicians, residents and businesses would be “asking” the group of enthusiasts to move along.

This growth and/or crisis sequence repeated itself serially. Deja vu all over again, so to speak.

Seven years ago, regular Crystal Cove attendees included Ford Motor Company senior brass and all-round good-guy movers-and-shakers Freeman Thomas and John Clinard. When Crystal Cove was

lost as its venue, the Ford duo had the moxie to render the ginormous Ford/ Mazda corporate campus in Irvine available Saturday mornings from 0700 to 0900. Thus was born the “Cars and Coffee” name that launched on October 2006 in Irvine.

So for the past seven years, 51 weeks a year, Cars and Coffee has found its sea of tranquility at the Ford/Mazda Irvine campus.

Kudos also to Taco Bell World Headquarters chipping in its 600-plus parking garage

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tower for spectator use. Interestingly, the one Saturday per year the event takes “off” is not Christmas, but the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August! Such dedication of the volunteers and attendees speaks volumes about the sub-culture, and its sense of community.

This weekly Irvine Event studiously avoids media coverage, websites, email lists, Twitter, Facebook, vendors hawking their wares, “For Sale” signs, etc. Any communication between the volunteer organizers and participants is by informal word-of-mouth on Saturday mornings. The event’s biggest fear is repeating its past growth, and wearing out its venues’ welcome mat.

Five hundred cars can be displayed at Ford/Mazda. No guarantee exists that a proud owner hoping to occupy one of those coveted spots will be admitted. John Clinard, his wife, Linda, and four dedicated volunteer gatekeepers have the unenviable but necessary task of deciding which cars gain admission and regularly distributing printed guidelines to newcomers. Fortunately, they have the requisite grace and gravitas to make it work. It helps that John is six feet tall, with a disarming radio-esque voice and a long and storied CV that includes Pebble Beach Concours judging.

Throngs of well-behaved, well-caffeinated spectators roam among the 500 displayed cars.

Coffee lovers will notice that coffee shares equal billing with the cars.

This titular equivalency is a now-historical anomaly. While today’s cars are rare, fine and eclectic, the coffee is more akin to swill in paper cups served alongside factory-made donuts that would make a Timmy’s regular cringe. No seats or tables on offer. (You’ve been warned).

So how about the cars? The tag line, “Cars you won’t see the other six days of the week,” applies if you aren’t from SoCal

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outhern California has long reigned as the epicentre of automotive ethnography. No other place on the planet comes close for the celebration of— and reliance on—the automobile. Cars and Coffee is the current holy-grail embodiment of SoCal car culture. This weekly grassroots event evolved and exploded first in Orange County, before being copied around the globe. It has taken years of intention, but I finally made my Saturday-morning pilgrimage to the original (and still foremost) Orange County Cars and Coffee.

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or if you only drive on SoCal expressways.

I constantly spot rare and interesting cars being driven around in other California settings. So it depends.

Roughly 200 die-hard owners of interesting cars come every Saturday. The other 300 interesting cars vary week to week. With a population of well over 15 million to draw from, most high-end, late-model Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, Bugattis, Porsches and Mercedes are represented.

More interesting to me are the mobile history lessons of past models of these brands: 1950s Porsche 356, gullwing SL Mercedes and a mid-’60s Ferrari 275 GTB. And the stray old Citroens, Maseratis, Alfas and Lancias present could take a lifetime to spot on the street in Canada.

Being California, there are lots of aircooled VWs (both stock and customized), ’50s finned cars, ’60s muscle cars and early Japanese imports, ’70s custom vans, off-road monsters, ’30s classics, race cars from just about every era and discipline, and more of the same in motorcycles.

Of course, being around all these great

cars and their appreciative fan base, made me wax nostalgic for many of my own 40-odd cars to date. Few were particularly valuable at the time of my ownership. Yet today, apart from a handful of family haulers and econoboxes, they would likely get the John/Linda nod of approval at the gate.

I mean, when is the last time you saw a 1969 Bedford C (aka “Doormobile”)—even if I paid just $900 for it as a Senior Houseman?

Or my $1,200 1976 Olds Cutlass Supreme Vista Cruiser wagon—my ride during medical school (race car tow vehicle of my then Gordini R8)? Or my $2,200 1967 MGB GT, red with factory wire wheels? I could go on. And on. And on.

But, it’s far more self-actualizing that you do your own nostalgic automotive navel gazing. There is no place like the original Cars and Coffee in Orange County to appreciate the role that car culture, and by extension California, has played in your life.

And you can do so 51 Saturday mornings per year. Attending is worth the pilgrimage for any car guy/gal the next time you are in LA. Just stop for fine coffee en route.

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Janet Gyenes is a magazine writer and editor who likes to dally in spirits, especially when discovering something like corenwyn jenever (a gin-like Dutch spirit)—straight or in cocktails like the “bramble.” Have a boozy idea or question? Send it to feedback@inprintpublications.com

what to drink now

We asked those who know a thing or two about booze to weigh in on what’s hot—or not

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ustin Timberlake and Sean “Diddy” Combs are competing again, but not for a Grammy. Instead, the impresarios are squaring off in the premium tequila arena, each having partnered with big names Sauza Tequila and DeLeon, respectively. Seems everyone wants to get creative with and put their stamp on booze.

Molecular gastronomy (think dry ice “smoke” and foams) is here to stay, according to David Rios, Diageo’s reigning “best bartender in the world.” Tell that to the food scientists at Jelly Belly Candy Company, who just launched a draft beer-flavoured bean they spent three years perfecting, inspired by a hefeweizen ale with a “clean, crisp and wheaty taste.” (Perhaps the non-

from Left Amaro Nonino Quintessentia®, a bittersweet Italian digestif; Antica Formula red vermouth; Sombra mezcal

alcoholic candy will be skewered to garnish smoke, rose petal and peppercorn.” a Michelada cocktail.)

Another trend we can look forward On the subject of flavour, don’t expect to, says Jenner Cormier (Halifax-based boozes to go au naturel, either. Last year, reserve spirit consultant and world-class a record 50-plus flavoured products were ambassador for Diageo Canada Inc.), is lowlaunched, although the flavoured-vodka octane or inverse cocktails. Take the classic category contracted. martini, for instance, which Do these trends have has a two-to-one ratio staying power or will they of gin to dry vermouth. fade faster than a Snapchat Simply reverse the ratio to post? We tapped three make an inverse cocktail. experts—from Toronto, Some bartenders say Jenner Cormier Halifax and Vancouver—to that these change-ups What’s hot Speedy service: opine (and whine a little) make for more aromatic cocktails on tap, slushy machines, about booze trends for the cocktails since complex carbonating and pre-batching/ year ahead. floral and herbal notes can bottling // A push towards keeping Wendy McGuinness come to the fore. Either cocktails simple and perfecting (bar manager at Chambar way, less booze means you them // What’s not Ego-driven restaurant in Vancouver) takes can imbibe longer without bartenders her craft seriously and urges a worrying about being quick death to the flavouredgetting smashed after a wendy McGuinness vodka trend. couple.

What’s hot Cocktails made “When people are The lower-alcohol with mezcal and Irish whiskey drinking popcorn and trend is well-rooted in // Different types of ice (size and bubblegum vodka sodas the craft-beer scene, flavour) // Classic tools such as we, as a community, says Toronto’s Stephen the soda siphons // What’s not need to take a stand Beaumont (co-author of Flavoured vodkas and stop the The Pocket Beer Guide and STEPHEN beaumont madness.”

The World Atlas of Beer), What’s hot Barrel-conditioning That’s not with many breweries beer // “Hoppy” beers will stay to say that already making more McGuinness session-style beers. very strong // “Brown” spirits, is a buzzkill Places such as Bellwoods especially aged rum // What’s not when it comes Brewery in Toronto offer a Coffee-flavoured beers // Overly to mixing broader spectrum of styles complicated-for-the-sake-of-beingthings up, at various alcohol levels. complicated beers whether in a Case in point: Bellwoods’ barrel or glass. heavyweight champ is a McGuinness hopes to see Russian imperial stout that packs a 10% ABV > Artisanal or bespoke more cocktails made with the (alcohol by volume) punch. In the other vermouth, amaro, smokier agave spirit: mezcal. corner is a bantam-weight light India session mezcal, rum “I have barrel-aged the Los ale that tips the scales at just 2.3% ABV. Siete Misterios for three months Loosely put, “sessionable” beers, > Low-alcohol or “inverse” and the results were unreal. There which hark back to the First World War, are cocktails, session beers are amazing flavours waiting to be meant to be highly quaffable so you can > Molecular gastronomy discovered and I think more people drink them over a long period of time—a behind the bar are excited for aromas of cooked agave, session. They typically fall under 5% ABV,

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Dr. Ernie Slubik of Calgary, AB, tells us his fave cocktail is the classic whiskey sour (very on trend!). His twist: “I use Meyer lemons when in season. Using fresh seasonal ingredients will always make vs. break a cocktail! Meyer lemons have a flavour profile that’s a little sweeter…” His booze of choice: Crown Royal (again on trend; see page 7) or Alberta Premium rye.

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ideal for having a few without a one-two knockout. That doesn’t mean these are “light” beers—in any sense of the word.

Bellwoods also has a middle-weight session stout that’s 3.8% ABV. Less alcohol certainly doesn’t equate to less exciting. On the contrary, expect to see fortified wines or amari and spirits such as vermouth to take a bit more of the spotlight, especially boutique brands, says Cormier. Some bartenders will even create their own bespoke boozes. McGuinness echoes this sentiment. She also sees sherry showing up on cocktail lists and, in Vancouver, the opportunity to showcase local spirits made by craft distillers.

On the world stage, rum is reportedly enjoying a renaissance as the “spirit of the moment” with our commonwealth cousins, according to a recent survey that tracks spirits by consumption in the UK. Beaumont applauds this move. “In booze, brown spirits will continue to tear it up, with aged rums finally achieving some long-overdue respect.” Does that mean Brits’ beloved G&T is being edged aside, perhaps with something darker and stormier? Maybe.

Overall, though, expect excellence.

The aforementioned David Rios stated that in 2014 bartenders will seek to perfect cocktails and showcase their simplicity.

For McGuinness, this is already evidenced at home, with bartenders “stepping up their game…refining classics with an absolute focus on technique as well as customer service.”

That customer-centric focus is essential to Cormier who is over the ego-driven attitude of some bartenders.

“The main focus of a bartender is to fill the needs of the consumer, no matter what they want—gin and tonic or seveningredient cocktail. They should receive the same level of service.

“What bartenders are discovering now,” says Cormier, “are ways of speeding up service (cocktails on tap, slushy machines, carbonating and pre-batching/ bottling), but they are also taking on culinary methods of boosting flavour and enhancing the experience (saline solutions, sodium bicarbonate solutions, carbonation), which is resulting in some amazingly efficient and extremely flavourful cocktails.” Cheers to that.

Have Have aa can’t-miss can’t-miss cocktail? cocktail? Share Share itit with with us! us! feedback@inprintpublcations.com feedback@inprintpublcations.com

the hungry dentist Dr. Holly Fong is a practising speech-language pathologist with three young children who’s always trying, adapting and creating dishes.

green peas + ham

This Easter dinner make a meaty ham bone in split-pea soup

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aster dinner at my house is usually ham or lamb. My children prefer ham when it’s glazed and adorned with pineapple or orange slices. Most likely, it’s the combination of sweet and salt that wins them over. For me, I find ham a tad too salty.

But when put in a hearty pea soup, it mellows, adding depth of flavour. With this in mind, I always bake a bone-in ham and add the meaty ham bone to my broth.

To make the soup, it’s best to start overnight. If you make the broth the night before and let it cool, it’s easier to skim off the fat. Soak the peas for 6 to 8 hours in a big pot of water to cut cooking time by more than half. To give the soup an appealing colour contrast, use both green and yellow peas. Add the green peas a little later in the cooking process so that they hold their shape. The end result is a soup

Split pea soup with ham (serves 8 – 10) broth

1 large meaty ham bone 1 tablespoon olive or canola oil 2 large onions, sliced 3 large carrots, peeled cut into 1-inch rounds 3 sprigs fresh thyme 10 whole peppercorns 11 cups water soup

500g yellow split peas 500g green split peas ~12 cups water 2 cups leftover ham, diced into ½-inch cubes 1 tablespoon olive or canola oil 1 large onion, diced 1 clove garlic, smashed and chopped 5 large carrots, peeled and diced into ½-inch cubes 3 stalks of celery, diced into ½-inch cubes, leaves chopped 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped ½ teaspoon black pepper

that always hits the spot on a cold day and is sufficiently hearty to be a main meal when followed by a green salad with a garlicky and lemony herb dressing.

Serve the soup with a medium buttery wine with a crisp edge such as the Peter Lehmann Clancy’s White 2013 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend. The Semillon provides the smooth buttery taste with a hint of apple and honey while the Sauvignon Blanc provides the citrusy, grapefruit finish. Lovely with the smokiness of the ham and the hearty peas.

Go for a medium buttery wine with a crisp edge such as the Peter Lehmann Clancy’s White 2013 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend.

Place yellow peas in a strainer and rinse under cold running water.

Empty peas into a pot and fill with water so that peas are covered by about 3inches of water. Cover and let stand overnight. Repeat with green peas, soaking in a separate pot.

Add 1tablespoon of oil to a heavy stockpot over medium-high heat.

When oil is shimmering, swirl to coat bottom. Add sliced onions, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring until brown but not burnt. Add carrots, thyme, peppercorns, ham bone and about 10cups of water to cover the bone. Bring to a boil. Skim off froth.

Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 1hour. Turn off heat, let cool overnight without lifting lid before skimming off fat. Remove ham bone, shred meat into bite-size pieces and add to diced leftover ham. Strain broth and discard solids.

Heat 1tablespoon of oil in large heavy skillet over medium-high heat

until shimmering.

Swirl to coat bottom of pan. Add diced onions, stirring until golden brown. Add garlic, cook until soft.

Transfer mixture to the stockpot of broth. Add 2cups of water to the skillet to deglaze the pan, scraping off brown bits. Add the liquid to the stockpot. Add carrots, celery, and bay leaves. Strain yellow peas and add.

Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover.

Cook for about 20minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom. Strain green peas and add.

Cook soup for another 20minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the ham, chopped thyme and pepper. Cook for about 5to 10minutes until soup is thick and green peas are tender but still holding their shape. Discard bay leaves and serve with toasted French bread. Leftovers may be frozen in individual servings for a quick lunch.

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The Evangeline Trail

A Tale of Acadie

Besides its famous lobster feasts, Nova Scotia’s Evangeline Trail boasts a menu that includes the world’s most capricious high tides and a plethora of quaint historic villages, spectacular seascapes, lighthouses, award-winning wineries, UNESCO sites, unpretentious Acadian hospitality and the legend of Evangeline Bellefontaine story + photography by michael defreitas THIS PAGE: Replica of an Acadian homestead at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens.

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ollowing the tides of Fundy that rise from Yarmouth to their peak of 16.5 metres (54 feet) at the headwaters of the Minas Basin, the Evangeline Trail (Hwy 1) meanders through 400 years of Nova Scotia settlement. From the small fishing port of Yarmouth, the 300-kilometre trail ambles northeast following the crenulations of the Fundy coast through delightful Frenchspeaking villages where the red, white and blue Acadian flag with its single star—the

Boats at low tide along the Fundy coast around Digby, Nova Scotia.

Stella Maris—proudly flutters from porches and public buildings, and rolls through the wineries and orchards of the Annapolis Valley before ending in Bedford.

The route gets its name from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic 1847 poem, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie that traces the sad romantic tale of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine, who was separated from her betrothed, Gabriel Lajeunesse, on their wedding day during the Great Expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia. Between 1755 and 1764, the British violently removed from their homes any French loyalist (Acadian) that refused to pledge an oath of loyalty to the Queen, and crammed them into cargo ships bound for Louisiana and British American colonies.

More than half of the 18,000 expelled Acadians died en route.

After years of searching for her Gabriel, a much older Evangeline settles in Philadelphia where she works among the poor as a Sister of Mercy. While tending the dying during an epidemic she finds Gabriel among the sick, and he dies in her arms. The poignant poem helped define both Acadian history and identity in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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if you go read The complete version of Longfellow’s passionate tale is available here: nslegislature. ca/pdfs/about/evangeline/Evangeline.pdf stay You’ll find hundreds of delightful, inexpensive B&Bs and cozy country inns along the Trail. Make advance bookings through Nova Scotia Association of Unique Country Inns (uniquecountryinns.com) and Nova Scotia Bed and Breakfasts (nsbedandbreakfast.com). more For more info on sights, attractions and events along the Trail call Nova Scotia Tourism at 800-565-0000 or visit the province’s tourism website at novascotia.com.

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From 1830 to 1880, Yarmouth earned the title of the richest small town in the world. This once bustling 19th century shipbuilding capital now supports a large fishing industry and a vibrant Acadie culture.

Quaint shops flank its delightful Main Street and dozens of magnificent Victorian mansions, built by successful sea captains, grace the side streets. A self-directed four-kilometre historic walking tour covers 30 unique shops, 26 mansions and two museums. Guarding the harbour entrance, a few kilometres south of town, stands the 1839 Cape Forchu Lightstation. The small fascinating museum in the old lightkeeper’s house documents much of Yarmouth’s colourful past.

Just east of Yarmouth, in the tiny village of Tusket, you’ll find the 1805 Argyle Township Court House & Goal. Canada’s oldest courthouse features jailer’s quarters and a prisoners’ cellblock on the first floor while the second floor houses the courtroom and old judge’s chambers.

The Digby Neck

Continuing north of Yarmouth, you’ll pass through 18th-century bastions of Acadian culture including Saulnierville with its elegant 1880 Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart)

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Church, Comeauville where you can hike and kayak picturesque Smuggler’s Cove Marine Provincial Park and Gilbert’s Cove with its old lighthouse.

About midway on the Trail is the tiny fishing village of Digby, “The scallop capital of the world.” Under the leadership of Admiral Sir Robert Digby, British Loyalists from New York and New England settled in Digby in 1783. Housed in a mid-1800s Georgian home, the Admiral Digby Museum features period rooms and artifacts related to Loyalist life after the Great Expulsion.

Each July the town holds it famous Lobster Bash to celebrate its fishing heritage.

This fun family event features lobster trap hauling, trap stacking, lobster crate races, a huge outdoor kitchen party and outdoor concerts that culminate in a beautiful flotilla parade of lights and fireworks display in the harbour.

Extending southwest from Digby is a long narrow peninsula called the Digby Neck. The Digby Neck and Islands Scenic Drive, Highway 217, runs along the peninsula and its two barrier islands, and offers some of Nova Scotia’s best birding and whalewatching vistas. You’ll have to make two free short ferry crossings at East Ferry and Freeport to get to the lighthouse at the southern tip of Brier Island, but it’s definitely worth the drive.

Annapolis Valley

Stretching northeast from Digby to Grand Pré the Evangeline Trail parallels the Annapolis River as it snakes through the beautiful Annapolis Valley. Perched on the north bank of the river’s mouth is Port Royal, the original 1605 site of the first French settlement and capital of the colony of Acadia. In 1925, the government designated part of the town the Port-Royal National Historic Site and built the Habitation at Port-Royal, a replica of the original French settlement.

After the British destroyed Port Royal in 1613, the French relocated the settlement 10 kilometres upstream where it prospered until the British captured it in 1710 and renamed it Annapolis Royal (after Queen Anne). The town served as the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for almost 150 years, until the founding of Halifax in 1749.

Annapolis Royal is one the more popular stops along the Evangeline Trail and in 1994 the government designated the town’s historic core a National Historic Site of Canada. The historic town center features 150 heritage buildings including the 1708 deGannes-Cosby House, Canada’s oldest

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Cape Forchu Lighthouse, Yarmouth.

Lobster on ice in Yarmouth.

House adorned with fishing floats and buoys near Comeauville.

Coastal scene along Digby Neck.

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travel at home wooden house, the five-hectare Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens (a top five North American garden) and the 1708 Fort Anne National Historic Site. Each evening fort staff, dressed in period costumes, lead candlelight tours of the fort’s cemetery, one of North America’s oldest, and tell tales of some of its more famous residents.

At the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley, on the banks of the Avon River

Domaine de Grand Pré winery.

and Minas Basin, the Trail passes through its most popular stop, Grand Pré, Evangeline’s fictional hometown. In 1912, the region’s stunning landscape and historical significance prompted UNESCO to designate about 13-square-kilometres surrounding the town, Canada’s 16th World Heritage Site.

Acadians reclaimed this region from the sea by erecting a series of 17th-century

dykes between Grand Pré and Wolfville to hold back the huge Fundy tides. Twice each day the tide rises and falls eight metres, leaving entire inlets and harbours along the Basin waterless, and good-sized fishing boats tilted askew alongside towering wharves and breakwaters.

The last 70 kilometres of the Trail from Grand Pré to Bedford is packed with breathtaking scenery and must-see attractions including the Fox Hill cheese factory in Port Williams, the award-winning Grand Pré Wines vineyard in Grande Pré and the 1750 Fort Edward National Historic Site in Windsor.

The Evangeline Trail is more than a nice drive; it’s a journey through Acadian history and culture. A journey filled with picturesque villages strung along the coast like brightly painted fishing buoys, where colourful marooned boats, like discarded toys, litter mud flats at low tide, and numerous roadside eateries serve delicious Acadian favourites like beignets a la râpure (potato fritter or pancake) or a starchy rappie pie (baked seafood or chicken potato casserole). It’s a journey filled with surprises around every bend in the road.

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rit can be good. And Glasgow has had its share of grit. It’s known for the Glaswegian kiss, after all. Not a romantic gesture but rather, ahem, a passionate head butt. Glaswegians are nothing if not ardent.

But that Scottish bravado is now being channelled into some very worthy pursuits. Like the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The streets showcase public art heralding the Games and venues like the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and The Hydro are bringing a modern edge to this historic city (see page 42). Medal-winning cyclist David Daniell, who works and trains at the velodrome, raves that it’s the best sports facility in the UK—and beyond. And it’s open to the public.

Accessibility is important to the rejuvenation of this city. The Gallery of Modern Art is free—always. 1 {glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/GoMA} And there’s public art throughout Glasgow, from the statue of the Duke of Wellington outside the gallery (with a now-permanent traffic cone atop his head that’s become a symbolic poke at authority) to the street art tucked away in alleys. Empire, by renowned Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, references

Glasgow’s past as the industrial centre of the British Empire, the Merchant City. 2 Its backwards letters, mirrored to be read in reflection, can be interpreted as a deeper comment on Glasgow’s dichotomous character, from prosperous ship-building powerhouse to post-industrial, high-unemployment decline, a swing from leader to lost.

Happily, Glasgow has found its way again, thanks in large part to a vibrant student culture. The city has had the storied University of Glasgow since 1451, the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world. More hallowed than any Ivy League school, walking the university’s grounds is to see Glasgow’s past glory still thriving. 3 {gla.ac.uk} Another iconic school is the Glasgow School of Art, a “creative hothouse” founded in 1845. {gsa.ac.uk} One of its most famous alumni is renowned architect and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who, by the end of the 19th century, solidified the GSA as a world-class art academy, especially in the decorative arts, examples of which are scattered throughout the city, like at the go-to eatery, Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery. 4 {twofatladiesrestaurant.com}

Current GSA student, Fran Lightbound personifies the new Glasgow. Bright and stylish, she’s a guide for the Glasgow Miracle Walking Tour and shares the “miracle” of the city’s creative regeneration, when artists in the 1970s began redefining it as an internationally acclaimed arts mecca. 5 {gsa.ac.uk/visit-gsa/city-walking-tours} And then there’s the food and drink. Two musts here: whiskey and curry. Local Scotch aficionado, Peter Stewart, known as “Smiley Pete,” guides neophytes through the whiskey-tasting process, and he’ll likely get you to try some of Scotland’s fabulous gins too… 6 {inverarity121.com} As for curry, Glasgow proudly held the title of Curry Capital of Britain in 2013, and plans to keep it. It’s no wonder, then, that at one locals’-fave Indian restaurant, Mr. Singh’s, you can sample the only-in-Scotland combo of Haggis and curry. Um, yum? {mistersinghsindia.com} There’s creativity to the brim in Glasgow, whether in sport, art, food or drink. Let’s have a kiss… —B. Sligl For more, go to the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau website: peoplemakeglasgow.com.

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s you are getting ready to file your 2013 tax return, consider some tax write-offs you are likely to miss.

1. Automobile expense As an unincorporated dentist you can deduct the business portion of your automobile expenses, including gas, repairs and insurance. The maximum leasing cost is $800 per month. There is a $300 per month limit on any interest on a car loan.

The depreciation or capital cost allowance of the vehicle is limited to a purchase price of $30,000 plus sales taxes. To support the business versus personal allocation of the automobile you should keep a mileage log for at least three months. Many associates do not realize that the trip from home to the clinic is considered business. This will often

increase the business use to 90% of total kilometers driven.

If you are incorporated, consider having the company purchase or lease the automobile, if the business use is greater than 50%.

Here is a planning point to maximize your automobile write-offs when the purchase price exceeds the $30,000 limit. Consider leasing the vehicle over a term to get the monthly lease payments to a maximum $800 per month. Having the term of the lease end once the buyout price equals $30,000 or less. This allows you to deduct the maximum lease payment plus you get the benefit of maximizing the capital cost allowance.

If your dental corporation pays you for using your personal vehicle, avoid a monthly

Before filing your 2013 tax return, look at these possible tax deductions.

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mileage allowance, because it is fully taxable. Instead, take a mileage reimbursement, which is tax free if it does not exceed the limit of $0.54 per km for the first 5,000 km and $0.48 per km thereafter.

2. Salary to low-income family member Dentists who are self-employed tend to overlook the opportunity to income split.

A salary or management fee expense to a family member reported on your personal tax return will generate immediate tax savings. The payment must be reasonable in terms of the services provided. On average the amount ranges from $1,500 to $2,500 per month. If the difference in tax brackets between you and your family member is

3. Library and instruments Not claiming your expenses incurred during your training, including books, loupes, computers and instruments is the numberone missed tax deduction. If you are a newly minted dentist who started the practice in 2013, you can claim all of these expenses, even if you do not have the receipt as long as the estimate is reasonable. The deduction for your dental library is limited to 20% per annum.

4. Office space in your home If you use a portion of your residence as your office or for storing dental supplies or dental charts you can claim the home expenses prorated based on the square footage. The expenses include mortgage interest, insurance, property taxes, landscaping, utilities, and repairs.

5. Life insurance premiums While life insurance premiums are not deductible, there is one exception which

many dentists are not aware of. If you take out a practice loan and the bank requires a life insurance policy as security for a practice related debt, then the premiums are tax deductible.

6. Meals and entertainment If you have a practice-related meal with your colleagues, then you can claim 50% of the expense. Make sure you diarize the purpose of the dinner, in the event CRA questions your claim. The 50% limit also applies to gift certificates for food, beverages, tickets to sporting events and concerts purchased for patients or staff.

On the other hand, if you organize a staff party, then 100% of the expenses can be claimed.

7. Working out of town There’s an increasing number of dentists in the city who work part-time in rural areas to supplement their earnings. You can

deduct travel expenses, including airfare, accommodation and meals. The 50% limit applies to the cost of meals, beverages and entertainment in the work location.

8. Practice search Many dentists are under the impression that only moving expenses are tax-deductible and not the cost of researching available practice opportunities, including travel, lodging, and meals. Keep in mind that the travel costs for accompanying family members are non-deductible.

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Even if you're not contemplating selling your practice in the near future, having a current valuation on hand proves very useful should any unforeseen events happen. If you are thinking of selling your practice and cashing in on your life's work, it is advisable to have a valuation done three to five years before you actually plan to sell. After going through the process of a full evaluation, we can often suggest simple steps to make a practice more valuable prior to a sale.

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Hiring Private Contractors in Dentistry is Risky Business

Dr. Andrew Shannon’s Take on Leasing Dental Equipment

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r. Andrew Shannon of Vancouver, BC recently sat down with us to discuss the benefits of leasing dental equipment. With 26 years of experience running a successful dental office and leading the Canadian field in cosmetic dentistry, he understands the do’s and don’ts of operating a successful practice.

Here is what he had to say: : Dr. Shannon, You’ve been a customer of National Leasing since 1999 and have leased everything from dental chairs and drills to filing cabinets and computers. Why did you start leasing equipment for your practice?

A: I leased as a new practitioner because I was able to manage cash flow plus utilize the tax benefits.

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A: I’d have to check with my accountant for the exact number, but I could easily say leasing over my 26 years of practice has saved me thousands of dollars but the biggest thing is how it has helped me with managing cash flow.

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A: It is as simple as I give Cheryl a call and let her know what I need and then within a very brief time she gets back to me saying I’m approved. How much easier does it get? Cheryl is a fabulous Account Manager. She sets up my payments exactly how I like them.

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A: You know, I don’t immediately lease the latest equipment. I always try to assess what will be the real impact on my patients and make a judgment call from there. But again, this is another great reason to lease because equipment depreciates, so even when I do replace equipment, I’m not taking a huge loss on what would have been the cost to buy it in the first place.

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new dentist on starting up the business side of a practice?

A: Sit down with your accountant to see what is the best way for you to handle any big office purchases. They best know your cash flow and how to take advantage of the tax savings.

Dr. Andrew Shannon received his D.D.S. from Dalhousie University School of Dentistry, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) and founder of the Western Canadian Chapter of the AACD. He has been selected to sit on editorial boards of a number of peer reviewed dental journals and has published several articles.

Dr. Shannon currently lectures throughout North America, Asia, and Australia on Mastering Esthetic Restorative Dentistry, provides an in-office Over-The-Shoulder Program, and runs a customized workshop in mastering clinical skills entitled Techniques to Ensure Restorative Excellence.

Dr. Shannon maintains a full-time private practice in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a primary focus on comprehensive aesthetic restorative dentistry. www.Dr-Shannon.com Cheryl Anderson is an Account Manager for National Leasing’s Healthcare Financing sector. She has 13 years of experience dealing with financing dental equipment and leaseholds helping dentists all across Canada. You can reach her at 604-948-3000 or by email at cheryl.anderson@nationalleasing.com.

National Leasing provides sound financial solutions to businesses across Canada. We are a leader in commercial equipment leasing and are recognized as one of the largest Canadian lessors in small- to mid-ticket transactions. Backed by professional service and an outstanding reputation, we are fast to respond, easy to work with and everchanging to meet our clients’ needs. For more information visit nationalleasing.com. As a wholly owned affiliate of Canadian Western Bank (TSX:CWB), National Leasing is a proud member of the CWB Group of companies.

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ental employers may think that hiring independent contractors is easier than hiring an employee and less expensive. Although it may seem like a good idea, the risks are very high and you can take a big hit if you do something wrong.

Independent contractors don’t get benefit packages, vacation pay, maternity leave or statutory holidays. As a principal retaining an independent contractor, you don’t have to withhold income tax or pay a share of CPP or EI. There is also a tax advantage for the independent contractor, because of the potential for tax deductions. Generally, a self-employed person can deduct all reasonable business expenses incurred to earn business income. If a business hires an independent contractor who is later deemed to be an employee, both parties lose big as unpaid taxes, penalties, interest, CPP and EI premiums will all have to be paid.

From the principal’s perspective, there are also tens of thousands of dollars in potential liability arising from Ministry of Labour claims, and wrongful dismissal or other Court claims.

The Canada Revenue Agency uses a “four-point test” to determine which type of relationship exists. “Employee or Self-Employed?” (RC4110) “sets out a method that should, in most cases, allow payers and workers to determine the nature of their relationship.” The method is based on four key points: 1. Control 2. Ownership of tools 3. Chance of profit/risk of loss 4. Integration 1. Control.

An independent contractor decides how the work will be performed. If the dentist is the person responsible for planning the work to be done, choosing the hours of work, and/or setting the standards to be met, for example, an employer-employee relationship is more likely to exist.

Does the independent contractor have

the right to decide on the time, place, and manner in which the work is to be done? If not, then an employer-employee relationship is more likely to exist.

2. Ownership of tools.

An obvious point is that an independent contractor would supply her own tools.

An independent contractor would also incur losses when replacing or repairing their equipment. It’s customary for independent contractors to supply their own tools or purchase or rent equipment from the dentist.

3. Chance of profit/risk of loss.

The independent contractor also must have a chance of making a profit and run the risk of incurring losses due to bad debts, or damage to equipment or materials. An independent contractor would also cover the operating costs of her activities.

4. Integration.

If the contractor only has one client or works regular hours that you have set for the contract, it is likely that CRA would perceive that an employer-employee relationship exists. What this means to a dental office is that the independent contractor must set their own hours and work for several offices, not just yours.

Then there is a question about who owns the chart? Does the independent contractor have the right to see a patient at a different location?

The relationship of parties who enter into a contract is generally governed by that contract. It is insufficient to simply state in a contract that the services are provided as an independent contractor to make it so. The parties’ stated intentions are not enough to override the true characteristics of the relationship, if those characteristics point sufficiently in the opposite direction.

What if you currently have an independent contractor in your practice?

The best advice is to have all of your

employees work under employment agreements (contracts) and transition the “independent contractor” to employee status at the same time. There are many traps for the unwary in this specialized area of law, so be sure to work with someone who practices exclusively in employment law, and ideally has extensive experience with dentists. Your office should also have an Employee Policies Manual that clearly defines the terms and conditions of employment at your office.

Employers can have a difficult time determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. It is best to undertake an objective analysis of the position in question before attempting to fill it with an independent contractor. An employment lawyer may be better poised to perform such an analysis. It is most important to get the proper professional advice before entering into an arrangement that could cost you and your practice much more in the long run. It is worth the investment and can protect your practice from unnecessary risks.

This article was co-authored with Mariana Bracic, BA (Hons), JD, Partner, MBC Legal, President, MBC Information Solutions Inc. She may be reached by telephone at 905-825-2268 or by email at mbracic@mbclegal.ca Sandie Baillargeon is a leading authority on how to increase the effectiveness of medical and dental business systems. Ms. Baillargeon is author of two text books, Dental Office Administration and The Canadian Dental Office Administrator, published by Nelson Canada. Sandie is the owner and operator of Dental Office Consulting Services, which specializes in dental business planning, staff development, consulting and continuing education seminars. Visit her website at www.dentalofficeconsulting.com or contact her directly at (905) 336-7624.

It’s Time to Fire Your “Web Guy”: 4 Steps

Why Do I Need a Broker?

HENRY DOYLE & AL HEAPS

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ou may have hired someone to handle your online presence, or you might be doing it yourself, but if you’re not generating a steady stream of patients from it, you’re probably missing out. The bottom line: if you’re in need of new patients, the local search volume of people seeking a new dentist online is far too high for you to ignore. Here are the 4 steps necessary to conduct online marketing effectively and efficiently.

STEP ONE: Turn Your Website into a Conversion Machine Research indicates that you have only 15 seconds to woo a web visitor to take action (i.e., call you for an appointment) before they decide to leave and look at another website. Flashy animations and fun graphics are not the way to go here.

The basics should be visible; you want to have a phone number in the top right, proper placement of your services, and clear, articulate content that speaks directly to your visitor’s search query.

Your typical prospective patient won’t know the name of your dental practice, so they’ll be using a general keyword search; “dental implants” or “tooth extraction”, for example. When they click on your site from a Google search, and the 15-second countdown begins, they must land on a web page that answers their query precisely – not an ambiguous Home Page. These specialized pages are called “Landing pages” and they are critical to your success online.

STEP TWO: Be Mobile Optimized Trends in mobile technology have moved well beyond fad status, with smartphones now in the hands of more than 1 in 2 Canadians. These devices are increasingly being used to conduct local searches because they are convenient and always at our fingertips. Having a website that’s optimized for smartphone use is critical if you intend to find new patients online; because that’s how they’re searching for you.

Figure 1 See figure. 1, notice that with this mobile website, your prospects can dial directly from the website, which is part of the reason that mobile clicks lead to phone calls to your dental practice more often.

STEP THREE: Get Placed on Major Search Engines (Mostly Google) Now it’s time to drive quality traffic to your website (i.e., people searching online for a dentist). The only way to get found online on day one is to go the paid click route, and that means Google AdWords. Start by setting up a Google AdWords account and then research bidding strategies for the keywords you want to show up for. You’ll want to tailor your ad copy (the words that go in your ad) to your keywords, and direct clicks to landing pages that do the same.

STEP FOUR: Measure, Assess, Repeat Now that you have a high-converting website, a smartphone optimized mobile site, and a Google AdWords platform that’s churning out traffic to your site, it’s time to figure out what’s working and what isn’t. For Step 4, it all comes down to implementing tracking - everywhere - so you can see the complete cycle; from

the initial search, to clicking on ad copy, browsing your website, taking action and, ultimately, converting that prospect into a new patient.

You need to be able to see the entire system from top to bottom, so it would be a good idea to brush up on your data-mining skills in Google Analytics, monitor your AdWords performance and implement call-tracking and email-tracking software, not to mention call-recording for quality and monitoring purposes…and make sure they’re all integrated.

Or…don’t worry about any of this OutRank by Rogers is an intelligent online marketing solution for Dentists who recognize the importance of being online - and getting it right online - so they can focus on providing quality care for their patients. Contact us today and we’ll connect you with a senior sales representative who will research and present market insights related to your business, allowing you to make an informed decision about how you market your dental practice online.

Call us toll free at 1-888-680-0274, or visit us at www.rogersoutrank.com.

Carrie Shaw is the Director of Marketing at OutRank by Rogers, a division of Rogers Communications, Inc. created to deliver online advertising services to small and medium sized businesses throughout Canada (excluding Quebec). Part techie, part social maven, Carrie thrives on making technology easy to understand by everyone. She is thrilled to be helping small businesses get online and aspires to “be” a small business herself one day. Reach out to her at info@rogersoutrank.com.

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n many situations, people use specialists to obtain the assistance they need. When a person wants dental care, they visit their dentist. When a person wants medical care, they consult their doctor.

Working with a professional dental practice broker can make the difference between just selling and selling for the very best price and terms. It allows you to maintain your practice during the process. You get to do what you do best, and rest easy knowing your transition is being guided by a professional. You are in control of the sale of your practice.

Sellers need a Broker Selling a dental practice is not as straightforward as it may first appear.

Do you want your staff and patients to know the practice is on the market? Will you be able to separate the serious purchasers from the tire-kickers? There’s no MLS for dental practices.

Contracts, valuations, and accounting and tax considerations can overwhelm even the most business-oriented dentist.

Professional guidance facilitates a successful sale at a fair price. The process starts with a valuation that can be completed by your broker or an outside agency specializing in dental practice valuations. Considering the valuation, pricing right for the market can determine whether or not prospective purchasers even consider your practice.

By utilizing a broker you can maintain confidentiality and minimize the disruption to your practice routine. Involving a third party reduces liability and avoids misrepresentation that may unintentionally arise when you are emotionally involved in the sale of your practice.

A good broker will look after the details: completing the valuation, marketing and showing the practice, and qualifying potential purchasers.

Potential purchasers sign a confidentiality agreement prior to any information being released. Showings occur

after hours, so as not to disrupt the operation of the practice.

Brokering in Canada is a regulated profession. Most brokers have a list of interested, prequalified purchasers looking for the right practice. They will customize a marketing plan, negotiate the sale and facilitate the transition. When necessary they can refer you to other qualified professionals such as bankers, lawyers and accountants.

Buyers need a broker As a buyer, it is difficult to know what is available. With confidentiality a priority on both sides, finding opportunities can be a challenge. Dental brokers are experts at valuating and selling dental practices. Dealing with someone exclusive in the dental field will give you the best access to available listings.

Brokers assist throughout the purchasing process. They can help with dental practice valuations/dental appraisals, due diligence, referrals to reputable professionals, cash flow analysis, strategic consulting, financing options and more. They will help you make an informed decision.

How long will it take a broker to sell my practice?

The time frame to sell is individual. A very general guideline is between two to six months. The length of time your practice will be on the market will depend upon the type of practice, its financial performance, location, price, terms, and local market conditions.

Some sellers believe it is best to price high with the option to reduce; however, most purchasers shy away from overpriced practices. It is best to price within the market. If there is no activity within one month, a review of the market conditions can determine if a price adjustment is necessary.

Every practice is saleable at the right price, and the marketplace will determine that.

Where do I find a broker?

Dental brokers are best found based on experience, ethics and education.

There are consultants that facilitate practice sales, but are not licensed brokers. Credible dental practice brokers are approved by financial institutions, advertised in dental journals, seen supporting local dental association fund raisers, and speaking and networking at local dental meetings.

Referrals from happy colleagues are a good starting point.

Preparation yields the greatest results.

An experienced dental practice broker will bring the best outcome while allowing you to focus on your business, caring for your patients.

Henry Doyle and Al Heaps are both licensed brokers with the full service brokerage Al Heaps & Associates Inc., dealing exclusively with dental practices. They are active members of Real Estate Councils and are corporately registered from BC to Quebec. They are members of the Pacific Dental Trade Association and the Dental Industry Association of Canada. Al Heaps & Associates Inc. has over 25 years of experience in the dental field. They have offices in BC, Alberta and Ontario, servicing across Canada. They can be reached at 1-866-6386194 or henry@heapsanddoyle.com.

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ancy a dip in the Irish Sea? Taking to the skies at 75 miles per hour on the largest zipline in the northern hemisphere? A go at a giant ferris wheel? Or a spin around a world-class velodrome? The UK is always at the forefront when it comes to music, fashion, art…and adventure.

Post-Olympic Games and pre-Commonwealth Games, this island kingdom has some serious adrenaline coursing through it, whether in cosmopolitan London, the wilds of north Wales or the gritty new glam of Glasgow.

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LONDON CALLING After the Olympics the buzzword in London is legacy. Whatever one thinks of the IOC and its sports spectacle, the Games do initiate change in its host cities, and in the UK’s singular metropolis that has meant a revamped East London. Industrial wasteland has been reclaimed and morphed into parkland where families stroll, people gather for a pint or Pimm’s and London Walks offers insightful tours through the new greenway, graffiti-clad streets, past Olympic venues and public art. 1 2 {walks.com} On the other end of the city is the village of Wimbledon, home of tennis’s biggest competition. There are strict rules and etiquette (the grass, for one, is measured and mowed to a precise 8mm every day) and the battles fought here are so epic that, as past champion Goran Ivanisevic put it, “If I never win another match I don’t care.” 3 {wimbledon.com} Back in the heart of London, refuel at the South Bank’s OXO Tower (once a warehouse for, yes, the bouillon cube) where the Harvey Nichols restaurant serves a fanciful “Not Afternoon Tea.” Sip on the “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue” welcome drink and gaze over the Thames. 4 {harveynichols.com} And as twilight approaches, head up river to one of the world’s largest ferris wheels, The London Eye, where you’ll have 40-km views from the top (previous page). {londoneye.com} Here, you go big.

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he three highest expenses in any dental practice are staff wages, laboratory fees and dental supplies. Do you have a thorough understanding of your dental suppliers’ services and skills? Do you know what they are most suited to help you with?

And what areas of your practice are they not fully trained to advise upon? In other words, know your specialization and don’t attempt to be a master of all trades.

In the 1960s, my father, Roy Brown, was the president of a dental supply company at a time when companies were fighting a fierce price war and developing new services.

My father’s directive was to capture a greater market share of the dental market and to preserve company profit margins. It became necessary for the owners and managers of dental supply companies to supervise the sales people and direct them to focus on their strengths related to their core business, namely supplies and equipment.

In an effort to discourage his sales people from providing advice to dentists in areas they knew little about, a list of “what we do and don’t do” was prepared and circulated at the Associated Dentists Cooperative (the ADC). This trend continues today. Like most other dealers at the time, Roy discovered that the sales people where extending themselves into areas of the dental practice in which they had limited experience.

Commissions on dental equipment and supplies were dwindling due to the extensive competition of the day and sales forces were concerned about losing regular clients if they did not appear to have complete knowledge of dental practices. And this was cause for concern for sales managers because legal action could result from business advice being administered by unqualified or untrained sales people.

Let’s consider the climate in the dental industry today. Many developments in training and product support have increased the ability of a supplier to advise you and assist your practice. The best advances have been made in those aspects that are closely related to the “core” products of the supplier.

The same observations can be made of dental practice. Those general dentists who

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focus on strengthening their core business, preventative and restorative, seem to gain more competency and prosper. Research indicates that dentists who switch from one new procedure to another, trying to be all things to their patients, lose focus and may “drop the ball” on the fundamentals.

In the cycle of any business, including dentistry, the business will occasionally enter a downturn and the owner will attempt new procedures to increase business and income. We continually uncover these cycles when gathering the data that is necessary to appraise general dental practices. Specifically, we ask dentists to identify which services they perform in their practice and which services generate the highest income. And we’ve found that sub-specialty services are growing as a percentage of total income because more dentists are taking extensive continuing education. The effect of this emerging trend is that dentists now refer out fewer cases, doing work in-house that was typically sent to a specialist in the past.

This is the same trend that is now occurring in the dental supply industry, namely the expanding of services to increase income. Sometimes, the expansion is more than the business can handle, and the dental suppliers find themselves spread too thin.

This is not a direct criticism of progressive suppliers who expand their services to meet client needs. Appraisal companies have developed new services in the last five years while still maintaining the high quality and standards clients expect. New developments can be a great addition to any business, yet the most success is achieved by those companies whose strategy is to focus on a core business and then design new services that are centred on that product.

A successful business model can be derived from specialization. It’s a timeproven method for owning and operating a profitable business, including a dental practice. My advice to the general dentist: focus on your core business, preventative and restorative.

Once we learn to manage our core business, we can learn to manage our suppliers.

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My name: Jeffrey Norden I live and practise in: Vancouver, BC

My training: DDS University of Toronto, 1980; aesthetic and cosmetic dentistry Career highlights: Team Dentist for the Vancouver Canucks and the ice-hockey venues during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games Why I was drawn to dentistry: I wanted dentistry or medicine but received acceptance in dentistry in my 2nd year undergrad and took it, and was glad I did.

Dr. Norden with Dan Heatley of Team Canada and his Olympic gold medal; on the ice with his daughter; on the golf course with the Canucks’ Sedin twins; and sporting 2010 Winter Olympic Games gear with his staff. from top

My last trip: Maui The most exotic place I’ve travelled: The archipelago and UNESCO Natural World

A favourite place that I keep returning to: Maui (again, as I write)

I’d want this with me if stranded on a desert island: Guitar

Dream vacation: Galapagos

A talent I wish I had: Being a great guitar player

If I could travel at any time, I’d go to: Time travel to dance with my daughter at her future wedding, no mean feat at the age I might be

My secret to relaxing and relieving tension: Going for a walk on the seawall

Must-see TV show: Curb Your Enthusiasm Favourite music: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

A big challenge I’ve faced: Starting a new practice at a new location from scratch at age 50

The gadget or gear I could not do without: Kindle

One thing I’d change about myself: Have more patience

My favourite room at home: Upstairs office with ocean, mountain view

The word that best describes me: Caring

My car: Dream car, Tesla Model S My last purchase: Bushnell V3 golf rangefinder My last splurge: It’s coming but it’s a secret My most-frequented store: West Marine…if you own a boat you understand My closet has too much: Canucks swag My fridge is always stocked with: Odwalla Extreme Green drink My medicine cabinet is always stocked with: Advil My guilty pleasure is: Having a beer while watching the sunset on my boat off of Wreck Beach

Heritage Site of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil The best souvenir I’ve brought back from a trip: Dining set made of New Zealand kauri wood

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Favourite exercise/ sports activity: Swimming at Kits pool Favourite sport to watch: Canucks hockey Celebrity crush: Scarlett Johansson

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My fondest memory: Birth of my daughter

I’m inspired by: Dr. Newton Fahl My biggest ego blow: Patient telling me she hated the hand-sculpted veneer I did on her front tooth My biggest ego boost: Same patient telling me how much she loved them one week later I’m happiest when: When I am having a great time with my wife and daughter My greatest fear: You don’t have the space My motto is: Food, water, rest and breath A cause close to my heart: Anything that helps children Something I haven’t done yet that’s on my must-do list: Trip around the world If I wasn’t a dentist I’d be: A crossing guard at an elementary school for my future grandchildren

courtesy Dr. Jeffrey Norden

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100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE DENTISTRY FACT...did you know Patients can 100% tax-deduct all dental expenses, fees, healthcare, vision costs... and so can you?

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Federal Legislation allows business owners to fully tax deduct 100% of their healthcare costs as a business expense using a Private Health Services Plan.

Who qualifies?

Anyone who owns a business of any size, employees and dependents.

No health questions or age limits. This is not insurance.

What’s covered?

100% of virtually all dental and medical expenses. Visit our website www.trustedadvisor.ca for a complete list.

What’s the cost?

There is a one-time set-up fee plus applicable taxes. The additional cost is 10% administration fee plus applicable taxes, depending on which province you live in.

A partial list of qualified expenses: Acupuncture Alcoholism Treatment Ambulance

Anesthetist

Attendant Care Birth Control Pills Blood tests

Catscan

Chinese medicine Chiropractor

Crowns Dental Treatment Dental Implants Dental X-rays Dentures Dermatologist Detoxification Clinic

Diagnostic Fees Dietitian Eyeglasses Fertility Treatments Guide Dog Hearing Aid and Batteries Hospital Bills Insulin Treatments Laser Eye Surgery

Lodging (away from home for outpatient care) MRI Naturopath Optician

Oral Surgery Orthodontist

Orthopedist Osteopath Out-of-Country Medical Expenses Physician Physiotherapist Prescription Medicine Psychiatrist Psychologist Psychotherapy Registered Massage Therapy Renovations & Alterations to Dwelling (for severe & prolonged impairments) Special School Costs for the Handicapped Surgeon Transportation Expenses (relative to health care) Vitamins (if prescribed) Wheelchair X rays

Note: This is a partial list. All allowable expenses must qualify as outlined in the Income Tax Act

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Who uses a Private Health Services Plan?

Business owners who: > do not qualify for group insurance or find it too expensive > find group insurance coverage too restrictive; i.e.; orthodontics > have sick child or spouse > want front of line treatment > want to write-off child support relating to healthcare expenses > large groups who have been struggling with significant cost increases each year.

Why are your patients doing this with dental expenses?

Healthcare Costs $1600

When they could be doing this!

Healthcare Costs $1600

(3% of net income) Deduct $1500

Admin Fee (10%) $ 160

Available for credit $100

Tax-deductible total $1760

Tax Credit* $25

Tax Deduction $1760

EXAMPLE: Net income of $50,000 per year with family medical expenses of $1600 *Based on a combined Federal and Provincial rate of 25%.

Advise your Patients today!

The John Robinson Group Inc. June Borlé: 604.874.4429 Fax: 604.873.5600 Toll Free: 1.888.880.2266 Email: june@trustedadvisor.ca

www.trustedadvisor.ca

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