A non-profit was not claiming its public service body rebate. We filed the claims and recovered unclaimed tax.
A non-profit organization paid GST/HST on its purchases without claiming the public service body rebate it qualified for. We reviewed its status, calculated the eligible rebate percentage, and filed the current and retroactive claims within the allowable window. The rebates recovered previously unclaimed tax for the organization.
Charities and non-profits file their own returns, meet a disbursement quota and can recover sales tax through public service body rebates.
Registration is mandatory once taxable supplies pass $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters. Input tax credits require documentation that scales with invoice size.
Why it bites: Unmatched input tax credits are the first thing disallowed in a sales-tax review, and the assessment covers every period reviewed.
A T1 adjustment can reach back ten calendar years, and ReFILE handles most changes without a paper T1-ADJ.
Why it bites: Most missed refunds are still recoverable years later. Very few taxpayers go back and look.
Every engagement above was priced as a fixed fee agreed before the work started, and paid only once the client had reviewed the result. If any of this looks like your situation, the first step is a free 15-minute call — we will tell you plainly whether there is anything worth doing.
Reviewed for the 2025 tax year by Udit Gupta, Certified Tax Accountant. Figures describe a real engagement; outcomes depend on your own facts. Client details are omitted for confidentiality.
