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New Telpay Chairman

gary_sevenyMr. Gary Seveny has been appointed as the Chairman of the Telpay Board of Directors. Mr. Seveny brings over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to Telpay and has served as a Director of Telpay since 2007.

Mr. Seveny was President and Chief Executive Officer of two financial institutions, Alterna Bank of Canada and Alterna Savings and Credit Union.  Headquartered in Ottawa, they have operations in Western Quebec and throughout Ontario. Mr. Seveny was also instrumental in achieving legislative change at both the provincial and federal levels as it pertains to the financial services industry. He has been an active spokesperson for industry vision and regulatory change, and has appeared before House of Commons Committee and Senate Committees.  As well, Mr. Seveny is Co-founder and Director of Odawa Group Inc. focused on the creation of an infrastructure bank that will provide a much needed source of funding for municipal, provincial and federal projects.

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Telpay Supports Musicians to Play at Carnegie Hall

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Telpay is excited to announce the sponsorship of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s (WSO) Adopt-A-Musician program.  Through the Adopt-A-Musician program, Telpay proudly supports the following violinists: Jun Shao, Hong Tian Jia, Karen Bauch, Claudine St-Arnauld and Takayo Noguchi by helping them fulfill their dream to perform at the world renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 8, 2014.

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Prepping the T’s for Tax Season

Time is ticking on T4/T4A season.  With the Friday, February 28 deadline fast approaching, are you procrastinating, preparing or already producing your T4 and T4A Information Returns?

What they are?
A T4 (Statement of Remuneration Paid) is employment income paid during a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.  As well as salary, employment income can be bonuses, vacation pay, tips, honorariums, commissions, taxable allowances, the value of taxable benefits and payment in lieu of notice. Continue reading

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Telpay Sponsors Black Swans

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Telpay is proud to sponsor Melissa Michalski B.Comm (Hons), CPB and Bea Dabrowski, BA, CPB of the CertPro Accounting Team Inc, who were accepted into the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada (IPBC) prestigious Black Swan 2 Project.

Jason Olson, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships stated:

“The Black Swan program is tough to get into.  The application process is extremely competitive and only chooses five Certified Professional Bookkeepers (CPB) per year from across Canada.  Telpay is very proud of Melissa and Bea as the first and only ones from Manitoba.” Continue reading