Hazel Howland

Hazel Howland
Hazel Howland English
After receiv­ing a diplo­ma in Busi­ness with a major in Account­ing from NBCC in 1980, Hazel embarked on a diverse and impact­ful career. She began her pro­fes­sion­al jour­ney in Cal­gary, work­ing with a cor­po­rate bank for three years before tran­si­tion­ing to Norcen Ener­gy as an inter­nal audi­tor. Her role expand­ed when Norcen acquired Supe­ri­or Propane, prompt­ing a move to New Brunswick where she served as Branch Audi­tor for the Atlantic region. Seek­ing sta­bil­i­ty after six years of exten­sive nation­al trav­el, she set­tled into a book­keep­ing posi­tion in Fred­er­ic­ton. In 1994, she start­ed her own busi­ness, pro­vid­ing book­keep­ing ser­vices to var­i­ous clients in the Fred­er­ic­ton area. The fol­low­ing year, she com­plet­ed a one-year Man­age­ment Devel­op­ment course with UNB and became the ini­tial book­keep­er for Learn­Sphere Cana­da, retir­ing from her out­sourced posi­tion as Con­troller in 2021. Her clients have includ­ed busi­ness train­ing enti­ties, legal firms, char­i­ties, non-prof­it cor­po­ra­tions, small busi­ness­es, and solo entre­pre­neurs. She has also been deeply com­mit­ted to vol­un­teer­ing, par­tic­i­pat­ing on Cred­it Union boards and com­mit­tees and men­tor­ing youth and new entrepreneurs.

Expertise

  • Financial Management

Workshops

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HST/Income Tax

The tax world is a complex world where your questions often go unanswered. Are there any benefits to incorporating your small business? Should you register for HST? There is no easy answer. It is different for everyone.

This workshop will help you to find the answers to the questions that concern you and your business.


In a hands-on interactive online workshop you will learn to:

  • Analyze your current situation and determine your needs.
  • Understand income tax deductions and credits available to you business.
  • Understand the ins and outs of HST.
  • Understand the income tax consequences related to various forms of earnings.
Bookkeeping: Where to Start ?

Keeping accurate financial records is essential for any successful business; however, many small business owners are often too busy running the day-to-day operations they tend not to devote the necessary attention to bookkeeping. Some fail to record financial transactions properly and in a timely manner. Some ignore it completely until tax time.


This course will help you identify your bookkeeping needs and resources. In this hands-on introductory workshop you will learn:

  • the need or purpose of bookkeeping
  • bookkeeping and accounting terms
  • recognition and use of bookkeeping records and reports
  • learning/understanding the process of entering transactions
  • learning/understanding the posting of information to the reports