My latest Financial Post article discusses tax reform and the importance to improve how Canada develops tax policy: “One of the things I enjoy is hanging out with tax geeks like me who have a similar passion to see Canada’s tax system improved. Last week, I attended the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Tax Policy Symposium in…
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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, 2025 to December 31, 2025. Income tax The interest rate charged on overdue taxes, Canada…
CRA Business mail is going online
Get ready for online mail for business Starting in spring 2025, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will transition to online mail as the default method of delivering most business correspondence, reflecting the CRA’s ongoing commitment to enhancing service delivery. This means your business clients will stop receiving paper mail and will start receiving most of…
Prescribed interest rates
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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.