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Late-filing penalties start at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, and repeat late filers can see those figures double — catching up through the Voluntary Disclosures Program can cut the penalty side substantially. Monthly reconciliation is what keeps input tax credits claimable — unmatched receipts are the first thing disallowed in a GST/HST review. We quote bank reconciliation cleanup as one pocket-friendly fixed price — the budget-friendly alternative to hourly billing.
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If you remember one thing from this page, make it this: For the 2025 tax year, an invoice of $100 or more must show the supplier’s GST/HST registration number to support an input tax credit. From $500 it also needs the buyer’s name, a description of the supply and the payment terms.
From there, the file turns on a second question, and the rule behind it reads as follows. Business records must be kept for six years from the end of the last tax year they relate to. The CRA can require them in electronic form that it can actually read. Ask what a reviewer will want to see, and the answer sits in this rule: A small corporation still carries the full compliance set: T2, GST/HST, payroll, and the annual return with the incorporating jurisdiction. The annual corporate return is separate from the T2 and is the one most often forgotten, which can lead to administrative dissolution.
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An online seller reconciling three payment processors in London, Ontario was filing correctly and still overpaying. The reason was input tax credits claimed on receipts that had already been claimed once. Restructuring the position cut $54,000 from the annual bill.
An online seller reconciling three payment processors in London, Ontario was compliant but paying more than it needed to. The prior year had been filed correctly. It still left input tax credits claimed on receipts that had already been claimed once on the table. We modelled the current position against the alternatives before changing anything. Then we set up a documented chart of accounts, a receipt-capture workflow and a monthly reconciliation that closes within ten days of month-end. The change saved $54,000 in the first year and repeats annually. Nothing about the filings became more aggressive. The position is simply the one the rules already allowed.
A subscription box retailer in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was preparing to sell. However, no valuation on file to support the price the parties had agreed disqualified the shares. Purification sheltered $270,000 under the exemption.
A subscription box retailer in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan had an offer on the table and 28 months to close. The shares did not qualify for the capital gains exemption. No valuation on file to support the price the parties had agreed was part of the reason. We purified the corporation so the shares met the qualifying tests. We rebuilt the ledger from bank and card statements and matched every receipt to a transaction. We removed duplicated input tax credits before they became a review. All of it was done well ahead of the closing date. The sale closed on schedule with $270,000 sheltered by the lifetime capital gains exemption across the shareholders.
An 8-week rebuild at a residential cleaning franchise in Halifax, Nova Scotia got the filing in with 21 days to spare. That avoided $38,000 in penalties.
A residential cleaning franchise in Halifax, Nova Scotia was weeks away from the deadline for bank reconciliation cleanup. Behind that sat three years of returns filed off numbers nobody could trace back to a bank statement. The exposure if the date slipped was around $38,000. We cleared the payroll and sales tax clearing accounts every month and tied each remittance to the liability it settled. The filing went in complete rather than provisional, so there was no amended return to follow. Filed with 21 days to spare. $38,000 in late-filing penalties avoided, and the working papers are ready for the following year.
A specialty coffee roaster in Surrey, British Columbia expanded into a second province. The file already carried eighteen months of unreconciled transactions and a shoebox of receipts. Every obligation was set up in advance and $58,000 of cash released.
Revenue at a specialty coffee roaster in Surrey, British Columbia was up sharply and cash was tighter than ever. Underneath it sat eighteen months of unreconciled transactions and a shoebox of receipts. We converted the foreign-currency purchases at transaction-date rates and recorded the exchange difference at settlement instead of burying it in cost of sales. Every new obligation was set up before it was triggered, not after. That covered registration, remittance frequency and provincial filing. $58,000 of cash was released from the working capital cycle. The expansion completed with every registration and filing obligation covered from day one.
3 years of returns were outstanding at a dental hygiene clinic in Hamilton, Ontario. That came on top of sales recorded from bank deposits, so processor fees, chargebacks and refunds appeared nowhere in the ledger. Filing on real numbers removed $56,000 of assessed tax.
A dental hygiene clinic in Hamilton, Ontario had not filed for 3 years. The CRA had issued arbitrary assessments. The business was carrying sales recorded from bank deposits, so processor fees, chargebacks and refunds appeared nowhere in the ledger. That came on top of a growing interest balance. We started with the oldest year and worked forward so each year's closing balances fed the next. We recoded the meals and entertainment accounts to the statutory limit and reversed the over-claimed input tax credits before the next return went in. We filed the years in sequence rather than all at once. Every year is now filed and assessed on actual figures. The notional assessments were vacated and $56,000 of the estimated balance came off, with a payment arrangement covering the rest.
The ledger at a two-location cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba could not support its own filings. The reason was a bookkeeping file where owner draws, payroll and supplier payments all landed in the same account. Rebuilding it surfaced $17,500 in unclaimed input tax.
A two-location cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba could not answer basic questions about its own numbers. A bookkeeping file where owner draws, payroll and supplier payments all landed in the same account sat between the bank statements and the ledger. We rebuilt sales from the processor settlement reports so gross sales, fees and refunds each landed in an account of their own. We then documented the process so the work does not depend on any one person remembering how it was done. Records rebuilt and reconciled, $17,500 recovered in input tax credits that the old file could not support, and a documented monthly process now in place.
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Bank Reconciliation Cleanup starts at a fixed fee quoted before any work begins. 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.
Our bank reconciliation cleanup services include complete filing, compliance management, and strategic advice customized to Canadian tax laws.
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We get this one a lot, and the answer is more concrete than people expect. Business records must be kept for six years from the end of the last tax year they relate to. The CRA can require them in electronic form that it can actually read. Bring your documents and we will show you where it lands in your numbers.
A small corporation still carries the full compliance set: T2, GST/HST, payroll, and the annual return with the incorporating jurisdiction. The annual corporate return is separate from the T2 and is the one most often forgotten, which can lead to administrative dissolution. That is the part most owners have not heard before they sit down with us, and it usually changes what they do next.
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For 2025 returns filed in 2026 the CRA service standard is about two weeks for a return filed online, and up to sixteen weeks for a non-resident return. A paper return runs on a considerably longer standard. These are service standards rather than guarantees: a review of your claims, a missing slip, a debt owed to another government programme, or a return filed before the CRA has your slips on file can all hold the money longer.
The business number is the single identifier the CRA uses for your business, with a separate programme account opened under it for each obligation: GST/HST, payroll deductions, corporate income tax, import and export. Register through Business Registration Online, by phone or by mail, or receive one automatically when you incorporate federally. You need it before you can remit payroll or file GST/HST. Provincial registration is separate in some provinces, notably Quebec, where Revenu Québec administers its own accounts.
Divide the total by one plus the tax rate expressed as a decimal. That gives the amount before tax, and subtracting it from the total leaves the tax portion. Going the other direction, multiply the pre-tax amount by the rate to get the tax and add the two together. Use the combined rate for the province of supply, and avoid rounding at each step so the tax you report matches the figures on your invoices.
HST stands for harmonized sales tax: the federal 5% GST blended with a participating province's sales tax into one rate the CRA administers. For 2026 that is 13% in Ontario, 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025, and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Provinces that did not harmonise keep a separate provincial tax on top of the 5% GST, and Alberta, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut charge 5% only.
Yes. A mortgage is a liability on the balance sheet, carried at the outstanding principal and normally split between the portion due within twelve months and the long-term remainder. The property sits on the other side as an asset. Only interest is an expense; principal repayments reduce the liability and never reach the income statement. For a rental or business property, that same interest-versus-principal split is what determines the deductible amount on the tax return.
Make it routine rather than an April scramble. Record income and expenses monthly, keep receipts and statements for six years from the end of the tax year they relate to, and check CRA My Account for slips, notices, balances and instalment reminders. Pay instalments when the CRA asks for them. Set aside a share of self-employment income as it arrives, and register for direct deposit. A mid-year review is when planning can still change the result.
A tip the customer chooses to leave is not payment for the meal, so no GST or HST applies to it. A service charge the business adds to the bill is different: it forms part of the price of what was supplied and is taxed like the rest of the bill. Set your point-of-sale system so voluntary tips sit outside the taxable sale, otherwise you remit tax you never actually collected.
A write-off is an expense deducted from income so that tax applies to a smaller amount. It is not a refund of what you spent: the saving equals the expense multiplied by your marginal rate. Employees may deduct very little, while a business or self-employed person can deduct reasonable costs incurred to earn income, though categories such as meals and entertainment, vehicles and home office are restricted. Keep receipts, because the CRA can ask for them years later.
Yes. Wine, beer and spirits are taxable, so GST/HST applies at the rate for the province, 13% in Ontario. Alcohol also carries federal excise duty and, in most provinces, a provincial markup or liquor levy, which are built into the shelf price before sales tax is calculated. In Quebec, QST at 9.975% applies on the pre-GST price alongside a specific alcohol levy. Restaurant and bar alcohol is taxable the same way.
Not automatically. Rates change only when Parliament or a legislature enacts a change, and recent movement has gone both ways: the federal bottom bracket rate is 14% for 2026, and Ontario's small business rate falls from 3.2% to 2.2% effective 1 July 2026. What does change every year is bracket and credit indexing to inflation, which lifts the income thresholds. Check the CRA's rates page for the year you are filing.
Yes, when the trip is for business. Accommodation on a business trip is fully deductible, unlike business meals and entertainment, where the Act allows only a portion of what you spend, and it holds whether you are self-employed or a corporation reimbursing an employee. Keep the folio, note the business purpose and who you met, and separate out any personal days you added. A hotel near your ordinary workplace, or an event you attend for personal interest, does not qualify.
A receipt that stands up to a CRA review shows the supplier's name and address, the date of the sale, a description of what was bought, and the amount paid. Where GST or HST was charged it should also show the tax and the supplier's GST/HST registration number, which is what supports an input tax credit claim. Card slips and bank statements on their own are weak support, because they prove an amount left the account but not what it bought.
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Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · International & cross-border tax specialist · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta 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. In 2014 he founded his accounting practice to serve 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 — Keeping records · CRA — Businesses · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
