You Got an N5: What It Means, the 7 Days That Matter, and How to Void It
An N5 in Ontario gives 20 days but a 7-day fix window that voids it. What counts as damage or interference, what a second N5 changes, and how to respond.
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How to Sell a Restaurant in Ontario: The Complete Process
The full journey of selling an Ontario restaurant: clean books, valuation, confidential marketing, asset vs share offers, landlord and AGCO consent, closing.
Selling a Restaurant With Staff in Ontario: Termination Pay, Successor Rules and Who Owes What
What Ontario’s ESA says about staff when a restaurant sells: continuity of employment if the buyer keeps them, termination and severance risk if not.
Selling a Restaurant in Ontario: The Lease Assignment That Kills Most Deals
How lease assignment works when you sell a restaurant in Ontario: landlord consent, s.23 of the Commercial Tenancies Act, and the clauses that sink sales.
Selling a Franchise Restaurant in Ontario: Consent, Fees and the Wishart Act
Selling a franchise restaurant in Ontario: franchisor consent, transfer fees, buyer training, and how the Wishart Act’s resale disclosure exemption works.
How Restaurant Valuation Actually Works in Ontario
How Ontario restaurants are really valued: the three BDC approaches, normalized earnings, lease and licence factors, and why there is no standard multiple.
The Most Expensive Mistakes Restaurant Sellers Make in Ontario
The costliest mistakes I see Ontario restaurant sellers make: hearsay pricing, late lease and AGCO work, messy books, and tax questions never asked.
Transferring a Liquor Licence in Ontario: Timeline, Cost and the Step That Delays Closings
How a liquor sales licence transfers when you sell an Ontario restaurant: the buyer’s iAGCO application, your consent, and operating while it is pending.
HST When You Sell a Restaurant in Ontario: The Section 167 Election That Saves You Cash
Does HST apply when you sell a restaurant in Ontario? How the section 167 election and Form GST44 can remove it, the conditions attached, and who files what.
How to Sell Your Restaurant Confidentially (Without Alarming Staff or Competitors)
How restaurant owners in Ontario sell confidentially: blind listings, NDAs before names or numbers, staged information release, and quiet showings.