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| Features | Basic NTR | NTR + Bookkeeping Review | NTR + T2 Filing | Lender / Multi-Entity |
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| Engagement Type | Compilation | Compilation | Compilation + T2 | Compilation (lender-ready) |
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| Support Call | Free 15-min | Free 15-min | Free 15-min | Free 15-min |
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| Bookkeeping Clean-Up | Custom Quote | Custom Quote | Custom Quote | Custom Quote |
| Additional Entity (per company) | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 |
| Prior-Year Comparative Rebuild | $150 | $150 | $150 | $150 |
| GST/HST Return Filing | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| Rush Turnaround (5 business days) | $150 | $150 | $150 | $150 |
| Bookkeeping & Accounting | From $10/mo | From $10/mo | From $10/mo | From $10/mo |
Our team of experienced Tax Accountants provides Notice to Reader clients with trusted tax advice, accurate filings, and tailored strategies to minimize liabilities. We offer transparent pricing and full CRA compliance support across bookkeeping, GST/HST, payroll, and corporate taxes for Notice to Reader clients.
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Due diligence at a vendor assembling due-diligence records in Brampton, Ontario surfaced retained cash well above what the business needed to operate. Restructuring the sale saved $205,000 against the original terms.
A vendor assembling due-diligence records in Brampton, Ontario was preparing to sell. Due diligence surfaced retained cash well above what the business needed to operate. That would have reduced the price or killed the deal outright. We cleaned up the historical file. We prepared a due-diligence-ready statement set with supporting schedules for each material balance. Then we prepared the due-diligence package the buyer's advisers actually asked for. The deal closed at the agreed price. $205,000 of tax was saved against the structure originally proposed, with no post-closing adjustment.
A $45,000 reassessment was proposed against a business preparing for sale in Victoria, British Columbia. It followed a bank asking for a review engagement while the file only supported a compilation. The documented response reduced it to nil.
A review notice arrived at a business preparing for sale in Victoria, British Columbia, covering notice to reader for two tax years. The auditor's working position was an adjustment of $45,000. It was driven by a bank asking for a review engagement while the file only supported a compilation. Rather than negotiate, we rebuilt the record. We compressed the close to 45 days by moving reconciliations into the monthly cycle, so the covenant deadline stopped being a scramble. We then submitted a point-by-point response that answered each proposed adjustment with the document behind it. The auditor accepted the documented position and closed the review without adjustment, protecting $45,000 and leaving the prior filings undisturbed.
A remuneration review at a contractor bidding on bonded work in Kelowna, British Columbia saved $21,500 across the corporate and personal returns. It found a shareholder agreement calling for audited statements that had been satisfied with a compilation for years.
Nothing was wrong at a contractor bidding on bonded work in Kelowna, British Columbia. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. A shareholder agreement calling for audited statements that had been satisfied with a compilation for years had never been reviewed. We converted the records to the accrual basis, restated the comparative year with proper disclosure, and rebuilt the statement package around the bonding company’s requirements. We ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $21,500 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
Closing the books at a franchisee reporting to its franchisor in Calgary, Alberta took 6 weeks. The cause was a bonding limit capped because the last statements were prepared on a cash basis. It now takes 9 days.
The accounting file at a franchisee reporting to its franchisor in Calgary, Alberta had a weak foundation. It was built on a bonding limit capped because the last statements were prepared on a cash basis. The year-end had taken 6 weeks each of the last three years. We upgraded the engagement to a CSRE 2400 review, completed the additional procedures, and delivered a package the lender accepted without conditions. We also moved the reconciliations into the monthly cycle, so the year-end stopped being a rebuild. The file reconciles. Month-end closes in 9 days instead of 6 weeks, and the year-end is a review rather than a reconstruction.
A desk review assessed a company under a bank covenant in Ottawa, Ontario $52,000. The dispute was over an insurer asking for statements from an independent practitioner who had also been writing the bookkeeping entries. Producing the records vacated the assessment.
A company under a bank covenant in Ottawa, Ontario was carrying $52,000 of penalties and interest. The charges arose from an insurer asking for statements from an independent practitioner who had also been writing the bookkeeping entries. Much of that amount accumulated during a period the CRA itself had delayed. We prepared the supporting schedule for every material balance in advance, which cut the queries the engagement had to raise. We framed the relief application on the specific grounds the CRA guidelines recognise rather than on general hardship. The assessment was vacated. $52,000 came off the account, and the documentation now on file makes the same position straightforward to defend next time.
Collections had begun against a corporation entering a shareholder buyout in Halifax, Nova Scotia over 4 years of unfiled returns. Bringing them current cut $38,000 from the balance.
By the time a corporation entering a shareholder buyout in Halifax, Nova Scotia called, 4 years were outstanding. The CRA had assessed on estimates. Underneath it sat a buyer’s due-diligence list that the existing statement package could not answer. We reconstructed the records year by year. We separated the bookkeeping work from the assurance engagement so the independence question had one clear answer. Each filing replaced an arbitrary assessment with a real one. The account is current. Filing on real numbers rather than CRA estimates reduced the balance by $38,000, and a relief application addressed part of the accumulated interest.
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Notice to Reader starts at $$500. The quote is locked at the outset and does not change mid-engagement, and you pay only after you have reviewed and approved the deliverable. Compare every plan on our transparent pricing page.
At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the free 15-minute call.
Most engagements are completed within 3 to 5 business days once your documents are complete. Catch-up work covering multiple years takes longer, and we tell you the realistic timeline before you commit rather than after.
We respond on your behalf at no extra charge for any return we prepared. Every figure we file is supported by documentation retained in your file, which is what turns a CRA review from a crisis into correspondence. See how our CRA audit representation works.
Yes. Late filing penalties compound at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, so the cost of waiting is real. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.
Yes. We serve clients in every province and territory at the same fixed fees, so your location does not change the price or the service. Browse our coverage across Canada to find your city.
We work across construction, healthcare, e-commerce, professional services, restaurants, real estate, transportation, technology and non-profits, each with its own deduction profile and CRA scrutiny patterns. See all industries we serve.
Software applies the rules you already know about. An experienced tax accountant finds the ones you do not: capital cost allowance timing, the small business deduction threshold, shareholder loan repayment rules, and TOSI exposure on family dividends. The fee is usually smaller than the deductions it surfaces.
We compile and complete your files first. You review, approve, and sign the documents before any payment is requested. We E-File to the CRA only after the payment is processed.
We will match any lower written quote from a verified professional Canadian accounting firm. Simply present the quote to our representative during your consultation.
No. All our pricing is fixed and transparent. Any additional charges (e.g., for transaction volumes beyond the package limits) are discussed and agreed upon upfront.
Yes. A tax accountant will be assigned to manage your account and will be available for direct support via email and phone.
The honest starting point is this: The CRA requires business records to be kept for six years from the end of the tax year they relate to, in a form that allows the return to be verified. Where records cannot support the return, the CRA is entitled to assess on its own estimate — and the burden of disproving that estimate falls on the taxpayer. Everything else we would tell you is tailoring, and tailoring requires seeing your file.
It depends less on opinion than owners assume. CSRS 4200 replaced the old Notice to Reader. Every compilation now carries a basis-of-accounting note, and it must state whether the statements are for a specific user with a specific purpose. Once you know that, the practical question becomes timing and documentation — both of which we handle inside the engagement.
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File a T1 return for the year, sending it electronically with CRA-certified software or mailing a paper return. Gather your slips and receipts first and check them against the ones listed in My Account. For the 2025 tax year the filing and payment deadline was 30 April 2026, or 15 June 2026 to file if you or your spouse were self-employed, with payment still due 30 April 2026. CRA online filing for 2025 returns closes 29 January 2027.
Most people pay through online or telephone banking, adding the CRA as a payee and choosing the exact account and year, such as a personal balance owing or an instalment. The alternatives are CRA My Payment with a debit card, pre-authorised debit scheduled in My Account, a credit card or e-transfer through a third-party provider that charges its own fee, or paying at your bank with a remittance voucher. For the 2025 tax year the balance was due 30 April 2026.
As the rules stand for the 2025 tax year filed in 2026, the late-filing penalty is 5% of the balance owing plus 1% of that balance for each full month the return is late, to a maximum of 12 months, so 17% at worst. It rises to 10% plus 2% per month for up to 20 months, a 50% maximum, but only where the CRA formally demanded the return and had already charged a late-filing penalty for any of the three preceding tax years. Interest compounds daily.
Pay through your bank's online banking by adding the CRA as a payee and choosing the right account and year, through My Payment with a debit card, by pre-authorised debit scheduled in My Account, by credit card through a third-party provider that charges its own fee, or at a bank counter with a remittance voucher. For 2025 personal returns the payment deadline was 30 April 2026, including for the self-employed, and interest runs daily on anything unpaid after that.
Multiply the pre-tax price by the combined sales tax rate for the province where the sale takes place, then add that amount to the price. In HST provinces it is one rate; elsewhere GST and the provincial tax are applied separately, and in Quebec the QST is calculated on the price before GST rather than on a GST-included amount. Zero-rated and exempt items get nothing added. The place of supply decides the rate, not where your business is based.
Canada taxes income at graduated rates: federal brackets plus your province's brackets apply, and only the income sitting inside a bracket is taxed at that bracket's rate. The rate on your next dollar is your marginal rate, while the share of your total income you actually pay is lower, because credits such as the basic personal amount shelter the first slice. Look up the current federal and provincial brackets for your province, or run your figures through the CRA payroll calculator.
Property tax is an annual charge a municipality levies on real estate to fund local services such as roads, water, policing, fire and schools. A provincial assessment authority values the property, council sets a tax rate in its budget, and the bill is the assessed value multiplied by the rate for your property class. Unpaid amounts stay attached to the property itself. It is separate from income tax, so the city bills it, not the CRA.
Only if you are authorised first. The CRA will not discuss an account with anyone who is not on file as a representative, even a spouse or adult child. The taxpayer can add you online through My Account, or you can submit an AUT-01 with their signature. For someone who cannot sign, the CRA needs legal documents such as a power of attorney or estate paperwork. Authorisation can be limited to view-only access.
A new assessed value or municipal rate applies for the tax year the municipality sets it for, not from the day you receive the notice. Provincial assessment bodies value properties as at a fixed valuation date and phase increases in over a cycle, then councils set the annual rates, which appear on the final bill rather than the interim one. A reassessment after a renovation or a change in use can be billed back to its effective date.
Yes. When wait times are long the CRA phone system offers an automated callback: you enter a number, hang up, and an agent calls when your place in the queue comes up. The option only appears while the queue is long, so a quiet line will simply connect you. An agent working an open file can also arrange a return call. Keep the number you gave free, and expect the call from a CRA line rather than the one you dialled.
Reviewed and fact-checked by Udit Gupta
Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · Director, cross-border tax expert · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta, a Director of Tax Filings Canada and a cross-border tax expert, has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. He is Big 4 trained, at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia. Since 2014 he has worked with entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
Editorial policy. Every page is researched against primary sources — the Income Tax Act, CRA publications and CPA Canada guidance — and every rate or threshold is stated with the tax year it applies to.
Sources. CRA — Businesses · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
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