Jamie Golombek: Here’s how the program works, how to get the subsidy and more Here’s what small businesses need to know about the government’s COVID-19 hardship measures Jamie Golombek March 27, 20209:23 AM EDT Last UpdatedMarch 27, 20205:05 PM EDTFiled under Many small businesses, along with non-profits and charities, in Canada may be particularly hard-hit…
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Tax filing and payment deadlines
As of the writing of this post, these are the current tax filing and payment deadlines: T1 personal tax returns – to be filed by June 1, 2020 except for the self employed, who have until June 15, 2020. Taxes to be paid by September 1, 2020. T2 corporate tax returns – those due after…
Interest rates for the fourth calendar quarter
Interest rates for the fourth calendar quarter The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts owed by the CRA to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from October 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017. There…
Government in full damage control mode
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/10/16/feds-to-cut-small-business-tax.html Thus, the Trudeau government is in full damage control mode… Reducing the small business rate as per election promise, which they flipped on, and now flopped on, before ‘fixing’ the so called small business ‘tax loopholes’, which they previously placed as a condition. They altogether dropped the so called ‘converting income into capital gains’…
Save yourself the trouble — get it in writing!
Before you decide to hire a contractor to do construction, renovation, or repair work on your home, ensure they are reputable and insist on getting a written contract and receipts. Be sure to ask a lot of questions, and ask for proof of workers’ compensation or equivalent private liability insurance to cover injury and any…
Taxpayer Bill of Rights
You have the right to receive entitlements and to pay no more and no less than what is required by law. You have the right to service in both official languages. You have the right to privacy and confidentiality. You have the right to a formal review and a subsequent appeal. You have the right…
Deadlines
Today, January 31, 2013 is the deadline for corporations with October year ends to pay their corporate taxes, and July year ends to file their corporate tax returns. Also, those companies with October year ends and December quarter ends have GST returns due, as well as all monthly GST filers. February deadlines: February 10 –…
Taxpayer relief deadline is December 31, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario, November 30, 2012… The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reminds taxpayers and all tax registrants that they have until December 31, 2012, to file requests under the taxpayer relief provisions for the 2002 tax year and any reporting period that ended during the 2002 calendar year.
Are Scanned Documents Accepted as Proof in a Canadian Audit?
Can you throw away – or even better, recycle – your paper receipts once you’ve scanned them in? The answer is yes and no, I’ll explain. The CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) has guidelines about what type of records and documents are accepted for record keeping.